Frank Böhnke joined pan-European venture capital firm Wellington Partners in January 1998. Ever since, he has focused on the dynamics of the internet and has helped companies like Alando (acquired by eBay) and Ciao! (acquired by Greenfield Online) to impressive success. Based in London, Frank is managing the following investment companies in the high growth areas of Digial Media and Software Services: AdConion, Astaro, Collax, GameDuell, SafeID Solutions, Swoopo, Swyx, Wazap!, and Webme.

Prior to joining Wellington Partners, Frank spent eight years in technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan in New York, London and Frankfurt where he advised customers such as IBM, Bertelsmann and Siemens on numerous M&A mandates and helped many technology companies to achieve NASDAQ listings. Wellington portfolio companies have gained from his experience in this field; for example, Frank helped portfolio companies ACG and SAF to successful IPOs at the German stock exchange.

Education: Degrees in Economics and Business Administration from the Universities of Essen and Toronto.

Before joining EnQii, Ajay co-founded Acacia Capital Partners and IDG Ventures Europe, the European venture capital arm of IDG, the world's leading IT media publisher. Prior to starting IDGVE, Ajay was European President and CEO of NBC Internet - a NASDAQ quoted integrated media company - and was responsible for setting up their European operations.

Prior to joining NBCi he was Chief Executive of LineOne - a joint venture between United News and Media and British Telecom - which he helped grow into one of the UK's largest portals and Internet Service Providers and which was subsequently sold to Tiscali.

He joined United News and Media in 1991 and was founder and Managing Director of United Interactive - its new media division. United Interactive grew to encompass Anglia Multimedia, one of the UK's leading educational publishers; Definition Digital Media, a UK web agency; and AngliaCampus, an online educational service for schools and homes, which were subsequently sold to Granada PLC.

Before joining United, he was a manager at Bain & Company, the international management consultants where he ran projects in Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, Germany and the UK.

Ajay has an MBA from Wharton and a Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University. He studied Theatre Directing at the Central School of Speech and Drama and Film Directing at the Metropolitan Film School at Ealing Studios.

Ajay is also Artistic Director of the Rented Space Theatre Company and an executive committee member of the British Screen Advisory Council. He has also served on the boards of Lionhead Studios (sold to Microsoft in April 2006), Shazam Entertainment, MLA (Museums, Libraries and Archives Commission), Index on Censorship and Virtual Internet PLC (sold to Register.com in February 2002).

In 2005, Ajay was selected by the Institute of Asian Professionals to be part of the Asian Power 100 - the 100 most influential and powerful Asians in the UK.

Tom Hawkins was previously Chief Financial Officer of NESTA (the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). At NESTA he was responsible for managing their £300m endowment and overseeing a major reorganisation including the creation of a £50m seed and early stage venture fund.

Before joining NESTA, Tom was a divisional Chief Financial Officer with Lagardère for 8 years, joining after the successful sale of a venture-backed business to the French-listed media and technology group.

His experience ranges from start-ups to large multinational groups, with a particular focus on fast-growing global communications businesses, and has included spells in Paris, Hong Kong and London.

Tom is a prize-winning chartered accountant. He has Masters degrees in Mathematics from Cambridge and in Management from London Business School (Sloan Fellow with distinction).

Roy is a Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, with particular interest in telecommunications and business services investments. He has nearly 15 years of experience in private equity at leading firms including Apax Partners, Providence Equity Partners and DB Capital Venture Partners. He began his career as a management consultant with McKinsey & Co.

In addition, Roy served as Chief Financial Officer of Esprit Telecom Group PLC, a pan-European, facilities-based, long-distance telephone operator. He played a leading role in helping the company scale to around 1,000 employees in seven countries, its IPO on NASDAQ and a successful trade sale exit. Roy is also non-executive Chairman of Axon Group plc, an LSE-quoted business transformation consultancy.

Roy holds MA and MEng degrees in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge University, and received an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.

Carolyn Prowse is Managing Director for Ithmaar Bank B.S.C., Bahrain, where she is responsible for Mergers & Acquisitions covering all sectors, and has recently advised Air Arabia on a proposed acquisition and restructuring in Morocco, as well as being responsible for direct investments, like EnQii, held by the bank.

Prior to joining Ithmaar, Ms Prowse spent 10 years at British Airways Plc, most recently as Senior Manager, Investments and Joint Ventures based in London. Her responsibilities included identifying, valuing, structuring, negotiating and implementing all types of corporate transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, mergers, joint ventures and alliances. Ms Prowse also played a key role in restructuring parts of the BA Group, including subsidiaries and investments, in her 10 years there, and was a Board Director of Speedwing International.

Before joining BA, Ms Prowse worked for LEK LLP, a consulting firm specialising in corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions and privatisations, where her work including privatisation of the UK railways.

Carolyn holds a BA (Hons) in Chemistry from Oxford University.