Claire Cockerton is a serial entrepreneur who has founded, grown and exited several innovative companies.
The continuous thread running through her work has been her support of entrepreneurship, the innovation process and economic growth. Since her Imperial College MBA thesis on best practices in technology transfer, business incubation and accelerator programming, Claire has set up innovation ecosystems in multiple countries and industries.
Claire’s skills span business modelling, architectural design, operational set-up and specialised service and programmes delivery. For the past decade, she has been building innovation hubs and running accelerators to help businesses start and grow. These are multi-stakeholder environments and she has an extensive network of government, academic, corporate and innovator contacts to bring to her projects.
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