Douglas Lloyd

Douglas Lloyd's work experience is as follows:

- Co-Founder & CEO at Macademia since July 2015. Macademia is an EdTech and media group that provides educational programming and interactive learning experiences. It reaches over 250 million households in 22 languages with a library of 17,000 hours of programming and interactive courses.

- Decision-Maker Panel Member at the Bank of England since December 2022. The Decision Maker Panel provides insight into business expectations and uncertainty related to events such as Covid-19, Brexit, and inflation.

- Chairman at Recipe Design since January 2020. Recipe Design is a strategic agency specializing in innovation within the health and wellness sectors. Douglas is responsible for fundraising, international expansion, and strategic partnerships.

- Non Executive Director at Bounty UK Ltd from August 2018 to July 2019.

- CEO, VB/Research Limited at Centaur Media Plc from December 2011 to July 2015. VB/Research Ltd was acquired by Centaur Media plc, and Douglas worked alongside The Lawyer to grow a profitable research-based business in the legal industry along with existing activities in the Clean Energy and Security sectors.

- CEO & Co-Founder at VB/Research from August 2005 to December 2011. VB/Research is a specialist research, data, and information provider focused on the Clean Energy and Security sectors.

- Investment Manager at Alpha Capital Management from July 2007 to July 2008.

- SVP / Head of European Investment Banking at WR Hambrecht + Co from September 2003 to August 2005.

- Assistant Director at Close Brothers Corporate Finance from August 1998 to August 2003. Douglas worked on buyside and sellside M&A and later managed the First Close Technology Fund. Douglas was also involved in international M&A deals across the Close Brothers network during a secondment to Paris.

- Executive at HSBC Investment Bank from August 1996 to August 1998.

Douglas Lloyd has attended both the University of Exeter and Eton College, but the specific years, degrees, and fields of study are unknown.