Charles Cotton - Non-Executive Director

Charles is Non-Executive Director of Library House and has extensive experience running global private and public technology companies based in the US and Europe. In addition, he has delivered high-level consulting assignments in Europe and Asia. In addition to his Library House involvement, he is a Director of Solarflare Communications; a Supervisory Board Member of Tele Atlas, the Euronext Amsterdam listed supplier of digital maps; an investor in and adviser to venture capital firms; and a business angel. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc. the NASDAQ listed, New Jersey based, semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. He took Virata public on NASDAQ, in 1999, raised $674 million across six financing rounds, executed five acquisitions and established and ran a venture fund.

Previously, he was a Partner at Schofield Maguire, the business consulting firm. Before that he was CEO of Shandwick Europe; President of Boston Mass. based Thermal Scientific Inc, and a Director of London Stock Exchange listed Thermal Scientific Ltd. Prior to that he was Sales and Marketing Director at Sinclair Research Ltd. and held senior Operations, Finance, Marketing and Product Planning positions at British Leyland and Ford. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and has a BA Hons. in Physics from Oxford University.