Peter Cowley

    President, EBAN


    Peter is a Cambridge University Engineering/Computing graduate who has founded and run over ten technology and construction businesses for 35+ years and, since then, has angel invested in over 55 start-ups mainly in Cambridge and London, having been UK Angel of the Year for 2014/15. He is a non-executive director of five of those startups and a board observer of four others. Peter is chair of the Cambridge Business Angels, is a Fellow in Entrepreneurship of the Cambridge Judge Business School and has mentored countless entrepreneurs. He setup and runs the Martlet early stage corporate angel investment fund of Marshall of Cambridge, which has invested £5M in 40+ startups, and is a member of the investment committee of the £100M UK Government Angel CoFund. For over 15 years, Peter has been involved in charity and social enterprise governance as chair and treasurer of various trustee boards.