Biography
Henri Winand
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
AkinovA
Before co-founding AkinovA with an insurance specialist fund manager, Henri Winand grew a new energy technology firm globally to a USD 1bn IPO, 50X+ top line growth including work with Japanese, Indian, US, Singaporean and German firms with employees across US, UK, India, Singapore and Japan. Prior to this, he worked to commercialise new technologies at Rolls-Royce plc, advised the UK Government on sustainability and resilience as part of the Green Economy Council, was a board member and treasurer of the 50 odd industry group of a pan European €1.3Bn public/private partnership to bring hydrogen technologies to market. He served as advisory board member of The Royce Institute which channels investments into UK R&D and materials technology.