Who we are

CAMentrepreneurs is a University Alumni Group, formed to support business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University alumni, current students and others. Since its launch in 2016 more than 25 chapters have been founded. As of July 2025 we have chapters in Athens, Beijing, Berne, Boston, Cambridge, Dubai, Edinburgh, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, London, Munich, New York, Oxford, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Sydney, Taipei, Texas, Warsaw and Zurich. We have thousands of members via our Linkedin group, a private social network, a mentoring platform and a newsletter. If you want to get a new group going, use this form.

 

We started in Edinburgh in 2016 and quickly expanded to London and New York.

“Our organisation exists to serve and help others by providing a structure that allows them to share their experiences, knowledge and networks.”

- Richard Lucas, Founder of CAMentrepreneurs

Our Purpose

CAMentrepreneurs was created to support business and social entrepreneurship among Cambridge University alumni, current students and others.

We aim to inspire and assist our members to start, grow and invest in outstanding businesses by providing a structure that allows them to share their knowledge, experiences and networks.

What we stand for

 
 

Entrepreneurs and entrepreneurship are our top priority

We recognise the role of investors, professional service providers, the alumni office, speakers, sponsors, venues and partners.

We bring together positive-minded people

We are a group of Cambridge alumni and others who want to work together to support enterprise - whether as entrepreneurs, investors or service providers.

We pride ourselves on our network

CAMentrepreneurs wants to inspire and assist its members to start, grow, invest in, buy and sell outstanding businesses by providing a structure that allows them to share their knowledge, experience and networks.

We are an outward-looking organisation

We aim to support entrepreneurship outside our organisation, whether with entrepreneurship support societies among current students or in partnership with external organisations and individuals. We want to broaden and deepen the Cambridge Alumni network of entrepreneurs and others.

Celebrating success is a part of our identity

We want to highlight and spread the word about the entrepreneurial successes of Cambridge Alumni and encourage others to either support or emulate them.

Our People

 

Our core team consists of a group of Cambridge Alumni and others who dedicate their skills to creating a successful incubator for the flourishing of entrepreneurial ideas and connections. You can learn more about our people by clicking on their images.

 

Richard Lucas

CAMentrepreneurs Founder

Peter Cowley

Chair/Founder

Rabia Shirazi

London Chapter Lead

Andrew Shailer-Smith

London Chapter Lead

 

Tasneem Khatib

Cambridge Chapter Lead

Jon Hill

Oxford Chapter Lead

Tom Nolan

Warsaw Chapter Lead

Sooin Cong

Hong Kong Chapter Lead

 

George Bonilla

New York Chapter Lead

Sebastian Donovan

San Francisco Chapter Lead

Luis Briseno-Roa

Paris Chapter Lead

Victoria Kimonides

Athens Chapter Lead

 

Brooke Bornick

Texas Chapter Lead

Guang Xin Wu

Beijing Chapter Lead

Shadie Huang

Beijing Chapter Lead

Georgi Kolev

CAMentrepreneurs Digital Lead

 

Jack Conway

Boston Chapter Lead

James Maughan

Dubai Chapter Lead

Ali Draycott

Dubai Chapter Lead

Claudia Duffy

Edinburgh Chapter Lead

 

Dash Dhakshinamoorthy

Kuala Lumpur Chapter Lead

Karol Szlichcinski

Kuala Lumpur Chapter Lead

Ian Walker

Munich Chapter Lead

Tom Peach

Sydney Chapter Lead

 

Robert Howells

New York Chapter Lead

Seung Yeon

Seoul Chapter Lead

Raphael Rothenberger

Zurich Chapter Lead

Harry Fu Hsu

Taipei Chapter Lead

 

Ali Ying-Che

Taipei Chapter Lead