{"id":50033,"date":"2017-09-06T16:53:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/?p=50033"},"modified":"2021-05-18T16:25:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T15:25:46","slug":"simon-calver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.startups.co.uk\/startups-awards\/simon-calver\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Calver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simon Calver grew up in the family supermarket business in Gloucester but after a degree in Computer Science followed a career in large blue chip companies such as Unilever, Pepsi and Dell.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to his technology roots leading early stage digital businesses as COO\/President of the EdTech business Riverdeep plc in San Francisco and CEO of LOVEFiLM, Europe&rsquo;s leading online DVD and Digital Entertainment Company, which he managed for seven years up to the ultimate sale to Amazon Inc in 2011. In 2010, he was a finalist of the Ernst &amp; Young Entrepreneur of the Year representing London and the South East.<\/p>\n<p>He left to become CEO of Mothercare plc leading their transformation and digital turnaround plan. He currently is on the board of Moo.com, Gousto, ToucanBox and Network Locum. 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