Overview

Gender

male

Investor Type

Angel

Peter Bonfield has been a self-employed international business advisor since 2002 and has been Chairman of NXP Semiconductor N.V. (a semiconductor company) since 2006. He served as Chairman of the Executive Committee and Chief Executive Officer of British Telecommunications PLC (a provider of telecom services) from 1996 to 2002 and before that served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ICL plc (a UK-based information technology company).

Peter is a director of Sony Corporation (a worldwide provider of electronics, games, music, movies and financial services), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. (a manufacturer of semiconductors), and Telefonak-tiebolaget LM Ericsson (a telecommunications equipment manufacturer).

He is Chair of Council and Senior Pro-Chancellor for Loughborough University in the United Kingdom and is a Board Director for the East West Institute and Global Logic located in the United States.

He is a senior advisor to N.M. Rothschild London and a member of the advisory boards of the Longreach Group and New Venture Partners. He also serves as a board mentor to CMi.

He previously served as a director of AstraZeneca PLC (a pharmaceuticals company) from 1995 to 2007. He has received numerous honors for his contributions to business, including a knighthood, and is a fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.