Overview

Gender

male

Charles Cotton is an Executive Director of Library House; Director of Solarflare Communications; a Supervisory Board member of Tele Atlas the Euronext Amsterdam and Frankfurt Exchange listed supplier of digital maps; and a Director of Silicon Valley based start-up Terabitz; an investor in and adviser to venture capital firms; and a business angel. Previously, he was Executive Chairman of GlobespanVirata Inc. the NASDAQ listed, New Jersey based, semiconductor company. Prior to the merger with GlobeSpan, he was CEO of Santa Clara based Virata Corp. He took Virata public on NASDAQ, in 1999, raised $682 million across six financing rounds, executed five acquisitions and established and ran a venture fund.

Previously, he was CEO of Shandwick Europe; President of Boston Mass. based Thermal Scientific Inc, and a Director of London Stock Exchange listed Thermal Scientific Ltd. Prior to that he was Sales and Marketing Director at Sinclair Research Ltd. and held senior Operations, Finance, Marketing and Product Planning positions at British Leyland and Ford.