PHILIP AMMERMAN
Philip is a consultant, entrepreneur and investment advisor who has advised start-ups, investors and enterprises on digital disruption, internationalisation and investment-led growth since 1992.
He is founder of Navigator Consulting, Numenor Capital and the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Philip started his consultancy career in 1992. He supported the first wave of disruption in sectors such as banking and travel between 1995 and 2000, when the first dot.com crash took place.
In parallel, he supported “real economy” investments, primarily in industry and manufacturing, that took place in Greece, Central & Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has advised on over 120 investment transactions with a total investment value exceeding € 6 billion.
He has multi-sectoral experience in due diligence, business planning and financial modelling, in sectors including digital/tech start-ups and scale-ups, agri-food, manufacturing and hospitality.
The Web 2.0 boom continued Philip’s engagement in the tech sector, and in 2010, he founded the Navigator Entrepreneurship Charter, an initiative to support growth in Europe by investing in 20 new start-ups and spin-offs between 2010 and 2030. In this capacity, Philip acts as early stage angel investor and board member, and has co-founded or invested in 12 start-ups so far.
Philip acted as regional portfolio manager for Brookstreet Equity Partners, a London-based private equity firm active in tech and innovation investments. He also acted as a senior business advisor for the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Advice for Small Business Programme in Greece.
Philip is an active an evaluator for the European Commission, working across a range of science and technology programmes under the Horizon Programme. He is also an active external consultant at the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
In Spring 2019, Philip was appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cyprus, Centre for Entrepreneurship. He also served as mentor at the SAP Startup Factory in Yerevan, Armenia; the Microsoft for Startups Programme a the European University of Cyprus; the S2 XPeed Incubator in Barcelona; and other organisations.
Philip studied at Princeton University and Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labour Relations. He is also a graduate of YCombinator’s Startup School, the Oxford Fintech Programme, the Oxford Venture Capital Programme, and the University of Barcelona / Zigurat Business School.
Philip is a permanent resident in Cyprus since 2016, and travels over 250 days per year. He has implemented project work in over 50 countries, and has lived and worked in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France and the United States.
Philip is an avid futurist, scenario planner and news addict. His personal interests include sailing, travel and classical history.
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