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Dr James Dodd

James has over 20 years experience in both public and private equity markets. From 1989 to 1999 he was Head of Telecommunications research at Dresdner Kleinwort Benson and led the team through all the major European privatisations (BT, DT, FT) and altnet financings (COLT, Energis, Orange and Telewest). During his tenure the team was consistently rated in the upper reaches of investor surveys and was ranked clear leader in the inaugural AQ survey based on the accuracy of the research. Also during this time, James was instrumental in the funding and operation of the one of the first London technology venture funds, the Syntech IT Fund. From 1998 to 2004 James was Chairman of ETT, a data networking company, which he led through seed, second and third round financings. In late 2006, ETT was successfully acquired by Global Telecom & Technology Inc., (OTC BB :GTLT). James is a member of the Securities Institute, the Institute of Physics and the Royal United Institute for Defence Studies.