Career

Don Mclaverty has been an advisor to a portfolio of clients including high-growth SMEs and scale-up firms, which often have technology as a differentiator. Recent engagements include Innovate UK, UKAEA, the Goldman Sachs 10K Programme and Coracle Online Limited.

Previously, Don was Managing Director of Oxford Innovation Services where he was the Regional Director of GrowthAccelerator, a UK Government business advisory programme supporting growth businesses across the South of England. He was also responsible for the regional delivery of the Enterprise Europe Network and was the Managing Director of Oxford Innovation’s three Business Angel Networks.

Don was appointed to the Council of the University of Bath in 2020. He is Chair of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and also sits on the Finance Committee, University Commercialisation Executive (Spinout) Board and the Vice Chancellor's Ethics committee. Formerly, Don was a Trustee of the Royal Society for the encourage of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) and Chair of the twenty-nine strong Fellowship Council.

Don is a Mathematics graduate and he has an MBA from London Business School.

Don is also a member of:

• the Finance Committee
  
• the University Commercialisation Executive Board
• Chair of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee

Register of Interests

Read the 2024/25 Register of Interests for Don McLaverty and other members of Council