Ayman Ashour, Corporate vs Startup world, challenges in fundraising, and insights about mergers and acquisitions - Ep.7, Season 1

Ayman S. Ashour is the Founder and Principal of Newton

International Management, an advisory and investment firm

focused on technology with special focus on mobility, payment,

identification and security markets since 2000.

Ashour served as Chairman and CEO for Identiv, (US:INVE,

FRANKFURT:INV) which he joined in January 2010 following the

combination of Bluehill ID and SCM Microsystems. Ashour earlier

founded Bluehill ID AG, an RFID technology company in 2007.

Ashour’s professional experience includes several executive

positions within the security and identification technology

industries. He has served as CEO of Assa Abloy’s Identification

Technology Group (ITG), where he was responsible for building

one of the most successful RFID companies. He was Regional

Managing Director of Williams PLC. In the Asia Pacific region,

where he was responsible for the Chubb Security, Kidde and Yale

brands in Asia as well as the global operations of Guardforce and

the Chubb Physical Security Group. Ashour earlier served as

President of a number of Kidde units in North America, Global

Marketing Director of Kidde in the UK.

Ashour has B.Sc. in Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Diploma

in International Arbitration Law and serves as Adjunct Lecturer at

Suffolk University in Boston, MA where, he has been teaching M&A

at the Sawyer Business School for their MBA program since 2004.

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Ayman Ashour's LinkedIn account: @Ayman S. Ashour

Ayman Ashour’s book recommendation:

In an Antique Land, Amitav Ghosh

Newton International Management’s Website: http://www.newtoninternational.com/