Sherry Coutu

Chairman, Porpoise Ventures

Sherry Coutu pursues a portfolio of interests which include investing in early stage companies, holding non-executive directorships at several private companies and public companies, and serving as a trustee of two charities. In addition, she is an active member of the CambridgeAngels, vice-chair of the Prince’s Trust Technology Leadership Group, a member of the Cambridge University Development Committee and a member of the European Leadership Council of the Harvard Business School.Prior to her portfolio career, Mrs. Coutu established and sold two software companies that continue to serve the financial services industry. The first was acquired in 1997 and currently has operations in more than 70 countries,and the second was floated on the London and NASDAQ markets in 2000 and currently serves 1.7 million retailfinancial customers in the UK. She has been named by Tornado Insider as one of the Top 20 Trend Setting Women in Europe and is a past finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year with Ernst and Young and Businesswoman of the Yearwith Veuve Cliquot. Prior to her entrepreneurial ventures, Mrs. Coutu worked as a consultant with LEK consulting, Accenture, and Coopers & Lybrand Deloitte. She is married and has three young children.