Evert Geurtsen is an engineer with a background in the international automotive industry and new product development, having undertaken senior leadership roles at well-known brands including General Motors and Group Lotus. He has also founded his own ventures and raised investment pioneering the introduction of affordable electric cars. More recently, he led the IP commercialisation and new venture creation for the physical sciences at Oxford University Innovation (OUI), where he and his team helped founders to start and raise investment for more than 50 new ventures, and he created the Oxford’s Startup Incubator. In 2017 he became Co-Director for User Engagement in the NQIT Hub, which preceded QCS.

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Evert Geurtsen
QCS Hub Co-Director (User Engagement)