Peter Wheeler - Chair, Futurebuilders
Peter Wheeler spent 20 years in a highly successful career in investment banking in which he became a partner at Goldman Sachs. His career encompassed, at different times, corporate lending and loan syndication, derivatives, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. In the course of his career, he spent seven years in New York and seven years in Hong Kong where he headed Goldman’s investment banking business for Asia (outside of Japan). He retired from Goldman Sachs in early 2001.
Today he is Chairman of IPValue, a company that partners with major global companies with deep research commitments to manage their intellectual property commercialization activity. IPValue was formed in late 2001 by Goldman Sachs, General Atlantic Partners, and The Boston Consulting Group through their joint investment vehicle iFormation Group. Its long-term exclusive relationship partners include BT and Xerox. He is also involved with a number of other venture and private capital-backed companies.
In addition to his business interests, Peter is a trustee of Kids Company, a Southwark based charity serving highly ‘at risk’ children and young people. He is a founder and trustee of New Philanthropy Capital, a charity serving donors in the United Kingdom in determining and directing their giving programs by providing them with independent research on the efficacy of charities and projects in their field of interest; and of Charity Technology Trust, which provides technology services to charities in the UK. He sits on the Investment Advisory Committee of Unltd, a government-endowed organisation with a mandate to develop social entrepreneurs and their projects nationwide in the UK.
Peter is the chair of Futurebuilders.
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