We are delighted to welcome Rosemary Leith to Universal Quantum’s Advisory Board. Her extensive experience in private equity, deep-tech commercialisation and governance will be invaluable as we advance our truly modular trapped-ion quantum computing platform to systems with genuine commercial impact.
"Quantum is one of the next frontiers of technology,” says Rosemary. “Working with UQ as a leader in ion-trapped quantum computing, that is achieving scale through modularity, represents an exciting opportunity to learn, and to help ensure commercial viability. It is an impressive team, and I am thrilled to join Sebastian and his colleagues at the forefront of solving one of the great challenges of our time.”
“Rosemary brings a rare combination of deep-tech investment expertise and strategic vision,” adds Sebastian Weidt, CEO and Co-founder of Universal Quantum. “Her guidance will accelerate our path to fault-tolerant machines and help us build the commercial foundations needed to deliver quantum’s transformative potential.”
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About Rosemary Leith
Rosemary began her career in private equity and has spent the past decade focusing on the commercialisation of deep-tech in fields such as AI, quantum, cryptography and robotics. She supports an ecosystem of start-ups as an investor and advisor and currently holds several prominent roles:
Non-Executive Director and Chair of the Risk Committee at Intermediate Capital Group plc
Non-Executive Director of Proton AG
Senior Advisor in AI research to the Oxford Ellison Institute of Technology
Senior Advisor to SandboxAQ
Advisor to Motive Partners/Ventures, a New York-based fintech private equity fund
For more than twelve years, Rosemary has been a Harvard Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center, contributing to initiatives on social media reboot and ethical AI. She co-founded the World Wide Web Foundation, chaired the Digital Advisory Board at the National Gallery, and has served on the boards of HSBC UK and YouGov plc.
With Rosemary’s guidance, Universal Quantum will further strengthen its strategic partnerships, refine its commercial roadmap and accelerate the delivery of fault-tolerant quantum solutions to market. We look forward to the insights and leadership she will bring to our mission.
