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Dr Keith Arundale
\nBSc, ARCS<\/em>, MSc, DIC, PhD, FCA, FCIM, CMktr, FIoD, FInstP, FRSA<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Co-Founder & Director, Reading Tech Cluster
\nPrivate Equity & Venture Capital : Speaker \u2014<\/em><\/strong> Author \u2014<\/em><\/strong> Researcher \u2014<\/em><\/strong> Trainer
\nNED | Audit Chair | Chartered Accountant & Chartered Marketer\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

This is my personal website which includes details on my portfolio of interests as a visiting university lecturer, researcher, executive trainer, independent adviser, speaker, author and commentator on private equity & venture capital. I am a chartered accountant and a chartered marketer with a technology background and a passion for venture capital and all things entrepreneurial.<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My aim is to help to improve the transparency of the private equity and venture capital asset class, making it understandable to all through my books and guides, lectures, seminars and training courses. I also help people to enter the sector either as graduates or those transitioning from other careers. My principal research is in the area of the investment practices of venture capital firms in UK, continental Europe and USA. A video on my research into venture capital investment practices, from a talk I gave at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, can be seen here:\u00a0 https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?<\/a> At Henley Business School, University of Reading I have also been researching the investment practices of Chinese venture capital firms in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Chester Business School. I have recently co-founded the Reading Tech Cluster https:\/\/readingtechcluster.com<\/a> which aims to strengthen connections across Thames Valley Berkshire, bringing together technology businesses, investors, universities and professional advisers.<\/p>\n

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I welcome opportunities to serve as a Non-Executive Director (NED) of a technology start-up or scale-up, professional or educational association, or health organisation. I bring extensive board-level experience as an Audit Chair and NED with Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and West London Healthcare NHS Trust, alongside director roles at Henley Business Angels and Reading Tech Cluster. I combine governance and strategic oversight with financial expertise as a Chartered Accountant (FCA) and marketing expertise as a Chartered Marketer (FCIM). My commercial experience at PwC\u2019s Technology Industry Group, where I latterly led the venture capital programme and business development, is complemented by my work as a university lecturer, executive trainer, researcher, public speaker and author specialising in private equity and venture capital. My sector experience spans professional services, higher education, technology and the NHS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

My\u00a0portfolio includes the following\u00a0current and most recent positions:<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n
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