Speakers

  • Philip Ammerman
    Manging Partner, Navigator Consulting Group
    Philip is an investment advisor and serial entrepreneur who has advised investment banks, funds and asset owners on investment-led growth since 1994. He is founder of Navigator Consulting, Numenor Capital and the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.

    Philip started his consultancy career in 1992. He supported the first wave of "real economy" investments, primarily in industry and manufacturing, that took place in Greece, Central & Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine.

    He has advised on over 120 investment transactions with a total investment value exceeding € 6 billion. He has multi-sectoral experience in due diligence, business planning and financial modelling, in sectors including digital/tech start-ups and scale-ups, agri-food, manufacturing and hospitality.

    In 2010, he founded the Navigator Entrepreneurship Charter, an initiative to support growth in Europe by investing in 10 new start-ups and spin-offs between 2010 and 2020. In this capacity, Philip acts as early stage angel investor and board member, and has co-founded or invested in 6 start-ups so far.

    In 2018, Philip was appointed as Team Coordinator for Greece by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), and is supporting innovative Greek companies in the field of competitiveness and internationalisation. Projects are underway for Mastihashop, an innovative food, cosmetics and parapharmaceuticals firm based on Chios gum mastic products (mastiha), as well as for Milkplan, an innovative dairy equipment manufacturer.

    Philip acts as regional portfolio manager for Brookstreet Equity Partners, a London-based private equity firm active in tech and innovation investments. Brookstreet recently announced its first investment in Greece, in the nanotechnology firm Nanophos.

    He is a non-executive director of Redfin Capital, an asset management firm, and is an evaluator for the European Union's Horizon 2020 SME Instrument.

    Philip studied at Princeton University and Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labour Relations. He is also a graduate of YCombinator's Startup School and the Oxford Fintech Programme.
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    Originally from Athens, Greece, Philip is a resident in Cyprus since 2016, and travels over 250 days per year. He has implemented project work in over 40 countries, and has lived and worked in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France and the United States.