Ajay Chowdhury, CEO, EnQii
Ajay Chowdhury is CEO of EnQii Holdings, a leading global digital out of home communications company. Prior to EnQii Ajay co-founded Acacia Capital Partners and IDG Ventures Europe, two venture capital funds. Prior to starting IDGVE, Ajay was European President and CEO of NBC Internet - a NASDAQ quoted integrated media company.
Prior to joining NBCi he was Chief Executive of LineOne - a joint venture between United News and Media and British Telecom - which he helped grow into one of the UK's largest portals and Internet Service Providers and which was subsequently sold to Tiscali. He joined United News and Media in 1991 and was founder and Managing Director of United Interactive - its new media division. Before joining United, he was a manager at Bain & Company, the international management consultants.
Ajay has an MBA from Wharton and a Bachelor of Commerce from Bombay University. Ajay is also Artistic Director of the Rented Space Theatre Company and an executive committee member of the British Screen Advisory Council. In 2005, Ajay was selected by the Institute of Asian Professionals to be part of the Asian Power 100 - the 100 most influential and powerful Asians in the UK.
