bachelor of pharmacy (Kings College London), MBA (Bradford)
Professor of Practice - Venture Capital and Private Equity
Department: Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and InnovationCentre/Institute: HGIE-mail: Robert.Carroll@nottingham.ac.ukTel: +44 (0) 115 8466860
Location: C16 (Ingenuity Centre Building, Jubilee Campus)
Rob is a Director of Catapult Ventures and chairs Catapult's four Investment Committees. Prior to September 2013, Rob was Managing Director of Catapult, which he started in October 1999. He previously worked at 3i plc in Leicester and London and ECI in the Midlands.
Rob is Non-Executive Chairman and Investor in Passport 365. He is also a Non-Executive Director and Investor in Open Go Sim and an Investor in Ekkosense. Rob was previously Non-Executive Chair and an Investor in Replay Maintenance Limited, which was successfully exited to an MBO Team in October 2024 with the backing of a private equity investor. He has lectured at Nottingham University Business School since 2011 in Venture Capital and Private Equity and was appointed Honorary Professor in August 2013. He was the first Professor of Practice to be appointed at Nottingham University Business School in July 2016. He is also a Mentor and Teacher for the Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders in Innovation Fellowship Programme.
Rob is an honours graduate with an Upper Second-Class Honours degree in Pharmacy from Kings College, London. He holds an MBA from Bradford University Management School. He also holds an NLP practitioner qualification from the International NLP Trainers Association.
Areas of ExpertiseProfessor of Practice: Venture Capital, Private Equity Small Business, Mentoring, Investing.
Instructional Practitioner (IP)