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Name
Eric Kihlstrom
Title
Centaur Robotics Limited
Bio
Eric Kihlstrom
Chairman, Centaur Robotics Ltd
Eric is Chairman of Centaur Robotics, a next generation personal electric vehicle designer and service provider. He volunteers as an External Advisory Board member to Royal College of Art's Design Age Institute and Honorary Associate Professor of Primary Care Innovation at De Montfort University. He also volunteers as the UK's Ambassador to Aging2.0.
Previously, Eric helped to launch the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Healthy Ageing as the Interim Director. He was responsible for scoping the challenge and facilitating collaborations with industry, Government, 3rd sector and academia to unlock opportunities deriving from the UK and global demographic shift. The Healthy Ageing Challenge Fund is a £98 million fund to invest in innovations enabling people to live better for longer. Following this role, Eric went on to become a co-founder of the Secretariat to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Longevity.
Eric is an established innovation professional with a background in large corporations (General Electric, KPMG and IBM) as well as disruptive new startups in technology and healthcare. Eric studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA from New York University. He is a Freeman of the City of London at the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. He speaks French, completed the Paris, Berlin and New York marathons and is now an avid cold water swimmer.
Chairman, Centaur Robotics Ltd
Eric is Chairman of Centaur Robotics, a next generation personal electric vehicle designer and service provider. He volunteers as an External Advisory Board member to Royal College of Art's Design Age Institute and Honorary Associate Professor of Primary Care Innovation at De Montfort University. He also volunteers as the UK's Ambassador to Aging2.0.
Previously, Eric helped to launch the UK Government's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund - Healthy Ageing as the Interim Director. He was responsible for scoping the challenge and facilitating collaborations with industry, Government, 3rd sector and academia to unlock opportunities deriving from the UK and global demographic shift. The Healthy Ageing Challenge Fund is a £98 million fund to invest in innovations enabling people to live better for longer. Following this role, Eric went on to become a co-founder of the Secretariat to the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on Longevity.
Eric is an established innovation professional with a background in large corporations (General Electric, KPMG and IBM) as well as disruptive new startups in technology and healthcare. Eric studied Economics at the University of Pennsylvania and has an MBA from New York University. He is a Freeman of the City of London at the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists. He speaks French, completed the Paris, Berlin and New York marathons and is now an avid cold water swimmer.
