New visiting professor for Hunter Centre

John Waddell, former CEO of Archangels, has taken on the role of Visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship.

John, a law graduate, qualified as a solicitor and made partner in a firm at 27. Less than three years later he left to join Christian Salvesen PLC and worked as General Counsel for twelve years, latterly as a member of the management board of the company. The remit was wide ranging, involving the management of over 60 mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions, including the demerger of Aggreko in 1997.

After periods at Bank of Scotland and Noble Grossart working on transactional and investment work, he joined Archangels, the leading angel investment syndicate in 2005 where he was CEO for ten years and remains a consultant. He sits on the boards of five angel-backed companies, and a venture capital trust, as well as having advisory roles with other companies and funds. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Of his new role John said, "I'm delighted to be taking on the role of Visiting Professor at Strathclyde Business School's Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship. I'm really looking forward to helping students with the thinking about how business - and investing in business - works."