Board

The board brings together a group of industry specialists with the talent, experience and energy to drive The Cloud’s strategic development and future success.

Kaj-Erik Relander - Chairman of the Board

Kaj-Erik Relander is a General Partner of Accel Partners, Europe and is based in London. Accel has over $3 billion under management with a focused investment strategy in communications, Internet infrastructure and software.

 

Steve Nicholson - Chief Executive Officer

Steve joins The Cloud with a wealth of private equity and corporate experience in the TMT sector. Steve held senior executive positions at Phillips, Hutchison and KPN prior to SPG Media PLC where he orchestrated the successful turnaround of the business as Executive Chairman and latterly CEO.

 

Jonathan Apps - Chief Financial Officer

Jonathan qualified as a chartered accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in 1989 and has spent the majority of his working life in the TMT sectors in the UK, Europe and the Far East, latterly as CFO of various AIM and LSE listed companies.  He has extensive experience of building and running finance functions on a UK, European and Global scale, together with a considerable history of IPO and M&A activity as well as investor relations.

Niall Murphy - Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer

An entrepreneur with a history of founding and developing successful TMT businesses, Niall co-founded The Cloud with George Polk in 2003 and manages the company's strategic development.  An acknowledged pioneer in the internet space, Niall was trained as a computer scientist and mathematician.  He founded an ISP in a JV with Sprint in South Africa in the early 90s, later acquired by UUnet. He then founded and ran a digital marketing and services group, building and selling off several successful online content businesses. He is a co-founder of The Digital Thinking Network Foundation.

Krishan Visvanathan - 3i

Krishna has been with 3i for 9 years focusing on TMT investing.
He started his career at Ernst & Young before founding Optika Fibre Technologies, a polymer fibre and display technology company based in SE Asia. Current investments where he is a board member include The Cloud Networks Ltd, Netronome Systems Inc, Icera Semiconductor Inc, Taptu Ltd, Light Blue Optics Ltd, Carbonite Inc and Konarka Technologies Inc. Exited investments include Ezurio Ltd, Blue Lithium Inc, Ubinetics Ltd, E2V plc, Fastnet Systems Ltd and BTN Ltd. He has a degree in Management Sciences from the University of Manchester Institute of Science & Technology and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.

Åsa Sundberg - Director, PVP

Åsa is a General Partner of Provider Venture Partners, a Nordic VC based in Stockholm. Provider invests primarily in media, communication and internet technology and services. Åsa’s main focus is communication related investments.

 

Bjorn Erik Reinseth - Ferd Venture

Bjorn Erik is a Partner at Ferd Venture, a Norwegian based VC investing in fast growing technology companies. He has extensive operational experience from the telecom sector and focuses on ICT companies.