With a PhD in International Law and Planetary Geophysics from the University of Hawaii, a B.Sc. in Science from MIT and an MS in Economics from LSE, Lewis started his career as an analyst and management consultant. He led the design of incubators and innovation centers such as Digital Catapult, EDS, and Shell for the UK government and served as an advisor to the Satellite Applications Catapult. In 2015, he became a partner in charge of Japan and Asia at Airbus Ventures and in 2017 he led Infostellar''s Series A round of funding and was appointed as an independent director.