EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands, May 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ:NXPI) today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed .
And it is set to call on a string of City grandees and former government ministers to press the flesh on its behalf.
Former universities and science minister David Willetts, 65, was recently appointed to the board, and ex-BT boss Sir Peter Bonfield is a director who has served on the boards of firms such as Sony and Ericsson.
Other advisers include former MI5 director Lord Evans, senior CIA veteran Alan Wade and former UK home secretary Amber Rudd. They could be key to keeping investors on-side.
Darktrace was founded in 2013 by a group of Cambridge mathematicians and former spies.
Clients range from Rolls-Royce to Coca Cola. But the long-running association with Lynch, 55, could be a thorn in its side.