Parkwalk portfolio company Oxford Photovoltaics has announced the appointment of David Smyth as its Chief Financial Officer.
David Smyth joins Oxford PV’s senior management team and will play an integral role in raising the next tranche of funding required to commercialise Oxford PV’s ground-breaking solar technology.
Formed in 2010, Oxford PV is a spin-out from Oxford University that has exclusively licensed and is developing a photovoltaic technology, which has the potential to deliver low cost, efficient solar cells that can be applied as a thin film onto glass building facades.
Based at Begbroke Science Park, Oxford PV’s objective is to deliver a massively scalable product for the Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) market and other solar energy sectors such as Utility and Automotive. The company has already raised £7m in equity and grant funding and has made major progress, with its perovskite-based solar cells achieving impressive levels of efficiency.
David brings significant experience to Oxford PV having raised more than £4bn in multiple fund raising exercises including two IPOs.
