Alan Boyd
Non-Executive Director
Mr Boyd is a technology, media and intellectual property specialist, excelling in startup, high-growth and publicly listed technology companies across Europe, America, Australia, and Asia.
He started his career at Microsoft where he was its first Manager of Product Development, reporting directly to Bill Gates. Mr Boyd managed the development of many of the world’s leading software products that are today household names, including Microsoft Office, MS-DOS, Word, Excel, and Windows. Mr Boyd was also responsible for Microsoft’s Acquisitions Group, which included formulating and implementing its highly successful licensing and acquisitions strategy, and is recognised as being instrumental in shaping the global technology sector and fledgling technology investment sector in the early 1980s.
After its IPO, Mr. Boyd left Microsoft in 1986 and went on to invest in infrastructure and technology companies globally, whilst also advising government agencies including in the USA and China. As an advisor to the US Treasury Department, he acted as an Expert Witness in a number of court cases, using his extensive knowledge to provide a valuation of companies that held substantial Intellectual Properties and Assets. As a technology advisor to China’s State Council Mr Boyd co-founded several companies, including St Banks International Group and Smartcity Investments, focusing on smart city and technology development in Asia. He also advised on large-scale infrastructure projects like Singapore-Tianjin EcoCity and Gujarat International Financial TechCity.
Mr. Boyd has held non-executive director roles in Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, CleanTech, and Financial Services sectors in the UK, USA, Australia, and China. He is currently the Founder and Chairman of Metadventures Global, a venture capital firm focused on WEB3 technologies, and advises the World Smart City Forum.
