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'''Kenneth (Ken) Olisa''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[FRSA]] [[FBCS]] is a British businessman born (1951) of a [[Nigerian]] father and a [[United Kingdom|British]] mother. |
'''Kenneth (Ken) Olisa''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] [[FRSA]] [[FBCS]] is a British businessman born (1951) of a [[Nigerian]] father and a [[United Kingdom|British]] mother. |
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Olisa attained an MA in Natural, Social & Political and Management Sciences from [[Cambridge University]] ([[Fitzwilliam College]]). |
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His technology career spans over 30 years commencing with [[IBM]] from whom he won a scholarship while at Cambridge University. At IBM he held various posts in systems engineering, sales and marketing, before joining [[Wang Laboratories]] in 1981. Following a period as Marketing Director for [[Europe]], Vice President of [[United States|US]] Marketing and then of Worldwide Marketing, Ken was appointed Senior Vice President and General Manager of Wang Europe, [[Africa]] and the [[Middle East]]. In this role, he was responsible for the sales, marketing, support, service and administration activities within 11 subsidiaries and 92 distributors. |
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After leaving Wang in 1992, Ken founded [[Interregnum]], the technology [[merchant bank]], which he led to a £100+m [[IPO]] on AIM in 2000. |
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Today he leads boutique technology merchant bank — [http://www.restoration-partners.com Restoration Partners] based in [[London]]. |
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He was elected as a Fellow of the [[British Computer Society]] in 2006. In addition to his entrepreneurial/private equity activities, Ken has considerable public company Board-level experience on both sides of the [[Atlantic]]. His connection with [[Alternative Investment Market|AIM]] dates back to the market’s foundation. In 1995, he chaired Voss Net, the first UK ISP ([[Internet Service Provider]]) to go public and one of the first companies to list on AIM. He was later Chairman of the Board of the first Israeli company to list its shares on AIM – DMATEK. He is currently a director of [[Thomson Reuters]]; and formerly served as Director of [[Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation]] (ENRC) from 2008 to 2011, and of [[Open Text Corporation]] from 1998 to 2008. |
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As a [[Freeman of the City of London|Freeman]], Ken Olisa is familiar with the workings of the [[City of London]]. Further, he is actively involved with the City of London’s governance by serving as Deputy Master of the [[Worshipful Company of Information Technologists]]; where he was Master from October 2010 - October 2011. In 2003, Ken was named the BVCA/Real Deals Private Equity Personality of the Year and he was named NEDA/[[Sunday Times]] Non Executive Director of the Year for 2009. He was named one of the UK's ten most influential black businessmen in the 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 Power Lists. |
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Ken’s pro bono activities include Chairman of [[Thames Reach]], a charity working to end street homelessness in London, a Director of the Thomson Reuters Foundation, a member of the [[Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority]], and Chairman of the [http://www.powerful-media.com/news/?page_id=35 Powerlist Foundation]. |
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Ken was an inaugural member of the [[Postal Services Commission]] from 2000 to 2004 and a Governor of the [[Peabody Trust]] for a decade until 2007. |
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[[Category:British people of Nigerian descent]] |
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[[Category:Alumni of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge]] |
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[[Category:IBM employees]] |
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[[Category:British businesspeople]] |
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[[Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire]] |
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Revision as of 03:38, 2 October 2012
Kenneth (Ken) Olisa, OBE FRSA FBCS is a British businessman born (1951) of a Nigerian father and a British mother.