12 Facts About Sherry Coutu

Sherry Coutu CBE was born on 1964 and is a Canadian-born entrepreneur, angel investor and non-executive director based in Cambridge, UK.

Sherry Coutu ran it until 2000 when it was floated on the London Stock Exchange and she stepped down when it was acquired by AMP in 2001.

Sherry Coutu became an angel investor in 2000 and since then has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and specialised in consumer internet, information services and education.

Sherry Coutu has made angel investments in more than 50 companies and holds investments in five venture capital firms.

In November 2014, Sherry Coutu authored the "Scale-Up Report" which was commissioned by the Digital Economy Council.

In June 2015, partnering with Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn, Sherry Coutu launched the Scale Up Institute, a non-profit body to support UK businesses wishing to scale up.

Sherry Coutu is the Chairman of Founders4Schools, Workfinder, The ScaleUp Institute and Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd.

Sherry Coutu serves as a non-executive board member of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, The London Stock Exchange plc and Pearson plc.

Sherry Coutu serves on the Advisory Board of the Royal Society.

In February 2020, Sherry Coutu was announced as the incoming David Goldman Visiting Professor of Innovation and Enterprise at Newcastle University.

Sherry Coutu was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours for her services to entrepreneurship.

Sherry Coutu was named Most Influential Woman in UK IT 2017, Barclay's Entrepreneur of the Year 2017, Top 50 inspiring women in Europe by the Management Today and Top Entrepreneur contributing to 'Queen and Country' by Sunday Times Magazine.