Andrew Rickman

Andrew Rickman OBE is an entrepreneur in the field of silicon photonics. He is the founder and executive chairman of Rockley Photonics based in the UK, having resigned as CEO on December 12, 2022. As CEO, he took Rockley Photonics public through a SPAC merger with a valuation of over one billion dollars. [1] He was Britain’s first Internet billionaire.[2]

Education

Rickman has a mechanical engineering degree from Imperial College, London;[3] a PhD in silicon photonics from Surrey University, an MBA from Cranfield University and honorary doctorates from Surrey, Edinburgh Napier and Kingston Universities. He is a Chartered Engineer.[4]

Career and business ventures

Rickman was previously the CEO and Chairman of Bookham Technology, the first company to commercialise silicon photonics.[5] He founded Bookham Technology in 1988, and it grew rapidly from a start-up to a FTSE100 company before its valuation crashed as the dotcom bubble burst in 2000.[2] He left Bookham in 2005.[6]

Rickman was also Chairman of Kotura Inc.,[4] and currently serves as executive chairman of Rockley Photonics.[7]

Honours and awards

Rickman was awarded an OBE for services to the telecommunications industry,[4] and is a winner of the Royal Academy of Engineering Silver Medal for his outstanding contribution to British Engineering.[8][9] In 2000, Rickman was named UK Technology and Communications Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst and Young.[4]

Other achievements

In 2011, Rickman was awarded an Honorary Professorship at SIMIT, Chinese Academy of Sciences.[3] Rickman has held advisory board positions with the East Asia Institute of the University of Cambridge and Applied Science and Technology Research Institute of Hong Kong.[4][3]

References
  1. "Rockley Photonics closes 'several million dollar' first funding round". Optics.org. 22 April 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. Smale, Will (2020-03-09). "The tech boss who lost more than a billion". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 2022-08-28.
  3. Rickman, A. 2021. Andrew Rickman’s profile page. [LinkedIn]. [Accessed 30 September 2021. Available from: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewrickman
  4. "Executive profile: Andrew G. Rickman OBE". Bloomberg Business. Archived from the original on 2016-03-08. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  5. "Angels' wings help with take-off". Financial Times. 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  6. Reading 9/20/2005, News Wire Feed Light. "Kotura Expands Board". Light Reading. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  7. "Realising the true potential of silicon photonics | Electro Optics". www.electrooptics.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  8. "Engineers receive silver innovation awards". theguardian.com. 29 May 2002. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  9. "Silver Medal - 1995-2014 winners". Royal Academy of Engineering. Retrieved 30 September 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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