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Peter M. Daffern, also known as Pete, serves as a Venture Partner at Octopus Investments Limited and helps UK-based portfolios to establish in the United States. He also serves as Venture Partner at Octopus Venture Ltd. Peter Daffern has been the Chief Executive Officer of ForeSee Results, Inc. since January 14, 2016. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Answers Cloud Services since January 2016 (formerly Forsee and WebCollage) where he is responsible for developing this APAX Partners asset into a world-leading SaaS company. He served as President of EMEA and Executive Vice President of Verticals at NetSuite Inc., since May 9, 2013. Peter Daffern oversaw direct and channel sales and business operations in the EMEA region and direct NetSuite's vertical strategy. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Monitise Americas, Inc. since January 2009. He served as the President of Group Business Development at Monitise plc. Peter Daffern served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of ClairMail, Inc. from January 2009 to June 2012. Peter Daffern has over two decades of experience in leadership positions at global technology firms and has an extensive experience in leading companies. He has a wealth of technology and business expertise and strategic proficiency in North America and beyond. He served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of AIM Technology. He served as Chief Executive Officer and President of Purisma, Inc., from October 2005 until January 2009. Before AIM, he served as Vice President of Worldwide Alliances, Business Development, and Corporate Development of Vitria Technology, Inc. He joined Vitria as Vice President of Worldwide Alliances on June 19, 2000. Peter Daffern has an extensive background in business intelligence (BI), business process management (BPM), enterprise application integration (EAI), and customer contact center technologies. Before that, Peter Daffern worked at Seagate Software for more than 10 years and served a series of senior sales and business development roles culminating and serving as Vice President of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, where he served in numerous management and sales positions including General Manager EMEA. He worked at Holistic Systems as Western Regional Sales Director and served as Sales Manager of Northern Europe. He serves as Chairman of the Board at SynchHR. Peter Daffern served as Chairman and Director of Purisma, Inc. He serves as a Director of Amplience and Revoo. He has been a Non-Executive Director of Curlet Limited since October 16, 2014, and provides leadership in helping Amplience navigate the rapidly increasing market for its rich digital media solutions. He serves as Executive in Residence for Octopus Ventures. He has been Director of Answers Corporation since May 31, 2017. He served as a Director of Market Metrix. He serves as a Member of the Board of Advisors of Enablon SA. He has been a Member of the Board of Advisors at Enablon North America Corp., since October 19, 2015. He holds an American and British passport and is a keen golfer and avid cyclist. Peter Daffern graduated from Sheffield University in England with a B.Sc. (Hons) in Mathematics.