Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Investment Partner

Robert Bahns is the Director of Technology Ventures at Imperial Innovations where he focusses on investments in the hardware and materials sectors.

Robert has over fifteen years' experience in venture capital and prior to joining Innovations was a Director in the technology investment team at Nomura International plc, where he led investments in the communications and electronics sectors. Robert trained as an electronics engineer and worked in Japan for Pioneer Electronics Corporation, both in R&D and in establishing the company’s first UK manufacturing facility.

Robert is on the board of CCS, GKN-Evo eDrive Systems, Impression Technologies, Plaxica, Drayson Wireless, Sub Salt Solutions and Oxford Biotrans.

Robert has an MBA from Insead and an Electrical Sciences degree from the University of Cambridge.