Sir Andy Hopper

Chairman,  CommonAI

Andy Hopper is a technologist and entrepreneur. His interests include computer and data systems, the use of digital technologies for ensuring well-being of the planet, and the establishment of digital technologies as innovation and societal utilities. Most recently he has been concerned with implementing innovation and business models to achieve these goals.

Andy Hopper has pursued industrial and academic careers simultaneously. In the industrial context he co-founded over a dozen companies, three of which floated on stock markets, and was CEO of an industrial research laboratory. He is Chairman of CommonAI CIC and lowRISC CIC. In the academic context he was Head of the Department of Computer Science and Technology (2004-2018) and a Trustee of the University of Cambridge (2011-2014). He is Professor Emeritus of Computer Technology.