Dharmash Mistry (Past Speaker)

Dharmash’s interests are in AI and machine learning, consumer and retail, marketplaces, logistics and fintech. He is responsible for fostering our VC, corporate and political network in the UK. For Lakestar, Dharmash serves on the boards of Glovo, Revolut, FiveAI, Entrepreneur First, Amuse and Teralytics. Having started his career as a brand manager at P&G, Dharmash moved to Boston Consulting Group and later became Group Managing Director and Executive Board Member of EMAP, a UK media company, where he co-led its FTSE delisting and the sale of its consumer division for £1.1bn. While at Balderton Capital, he focused on board activities including Lovefilm (Amazon), KupiVip (Russian e-commerce), Mog (Apple Music) and Tictal (SaaS e-commerce). Dharmash was the Founder and CEO of Blow (the on-demand marketplace) and raised more than $20m in financing. He has also served on the boards of Dixons, Hargreaves Lansdown and most recently on the BBC Executive Board and BBC Worldwide board. He is currently a board member of the British Business Bank, the UK Governments investment bank. Dharmash holds a BA and an MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford.