Ian Taylor
Ian Taylor MBE
Ian is currently a Limited Partner of Westbourne Park LLP and a participant in its associated firm PlanIT Ventures Inc which invests in innovations to create interconnected, intelligent, enhanced urban environments.
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He was an MP 1987-2010, and Minister of Science, Space & Technology 1994-7. He later chaired the Parliamentary & Scientific Committee and the Space Committee. He was a member of the IPPR Commission on National Security and is a past Chair of the European Movement.
He gained the Sir Arthur C. Clarke Award for Individual Achievement in Promoting Space and Science (2008). He has been an advisor to the European Space Agency’s Integrated Applications Programme and was one of a former ESA DG's strategy advisors.
He was on the Advisory Board of D Group and co-chaired its Space Forum 2018-2025. The D Group is the UK's leading cross-sector strategic business development network.
Ian was for many years a Strategic Advisor to Inmarsat (the leading operator of satellites for seamless, resilient global mobile connectivity) on subjects such as Positioning Navigation & Timing & Space Domain Awareness.
He chaired for seven years (2013-2020) the Advisory Board of UK Innovation & Science Seedfund (UKI2S) which invests risk equity capital in ventures emerging from the national science research base and the Public Sector Research Establishments. He headed the National Space Academy steering group 2012-2018 and was a member of the Science & Technology Facilities Council 2011-2018.
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Ian is President of the charity League of Remembrance, founded in 1915. (He was its Chair 2015-2022).
Contact details:
Mobile: +44 (0) 7860 327 416
Email: ian@iancolintaylor.co.uk