Philip Ammerman
Managing Partner
Philip is a consultant, entrepreneur and investment advisor who has advised start-ups, investors and enterprises on digital disruption, internationalisation and investment-led growth since 1994. He is founder of Navigator Consulting, Numenor Capital and the Centre for Innovation & Entrepreneurship.
Philip started his consultancy career in 1992. He supported the first wave of disruption in sectors such as banking and travel between 1995 and 2000, when the first dot.com crash took place.
In parallel, he supported “real economy” investments, primarily in industry and manufacturing, that took place in Greece, Central & Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. He has advised on over 220 investment transactions, (including M&A, loans and restructuring) with a total investment value exceeding € 6 billion.
He has multi-sectoral experience in due diligence, business planning and financial modelling, in sectors including digital/tech start-ups and scale-ups, agri-food, manufacturing and hospitality.
The Web 2.0 boom continued Philip’s engagement in the tech sector, and in 2010, he founded the Navigator Entrepreneurship Charter, an initiative to support growth in Europe by investing in 10 new start-ups and spin-offs between 2010 and 2020.
In this capacity, Philip acts as early stage angel investor and board member, and has co-founded or invested in 8 start-ups so far, mostly in the B2B online services space. Some of the highlighted, active start-ups include:
Philip advises Brookstreet Equity Partners, a London-based private equity firm active in tech and innovation investments. Brookstreet invested in Greece, in Nanophos, Gizelis Robotics, QRPatrol and Yodiwo.
He is a non-executive director of Redfin Capital, an asset management firm, and is an evaluator for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 SME Instrument.
In Spring 2019, Philip was appointed as Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Cyprus, Centre for Entrepreneurship.
Philip studied at Princeton University and Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labour Relations. He is also a graduate of YCombinator’s Startup School, the Oxford Fintech Programme and the Oxford Venture Finance Programme.
Originally from Athens, Greece, Philip is a resident in Cyprus since 2016, and travels over 250 days per year. He has implemented project work in over 40 countries, and has lived and worked in Greece, Cyprus, Germany, France and the United States.
Philip is an avid futurist, scenario planner and news addict. His personal interests include sailing, travel and classical history.
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