Professor Adam Beaumont DL (born August 1972) is a businessman, angel investor, trustee and digital entrepreneur.
He is the CEO of telecommunications provider aql, a visiting professor of cyber security at the University of Leeds and the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Estonia to the Northern Powerhouse and the Isle of Man.Beaumont was state educated.
[1] After completing his PhD, Beaumont began his career at age 24 with a three-year stint as the University of Leeds' youngest lecturer in physical chemistry, including quantum mechanics and thermodynamics.
[7][8][9] He is a founder and board member of IXLeeds, the UK’s first and only fully independent internet exchange outside London.
[10] He has also founded ManxIX, the first and only internet exchange on the Isle of Man[11] and is the operator of the islands SpaceX Starlink ground station.
[13] As an angel investor, he invests between £20,000 and £400,000 in early-stage tech companies, including CBiS Education, Deekit, ID Health, Memento VR, Gravity Industries,[3] handi,[14] jet-drone company Hydra,[15] artificial diamond innovator Dyman,[16] and satellite startup Kappazeta.
[40] His mobile network BlueWave received permissions to operate 5G in the Isle of Man[41] A regular keynote speaker on topics including cyber security and mobile security, Beaumont delivered the opening address at the Huddersfield leg of the Duke of York's prestigious Pitch@Palace entrepreneurship competition in February 2018.
[42] In April, he gave two talks at CYBERUK 2018, the National Cyber Security Centre's (NCSC) annual flagship conference.
[48] He is also an Honorary Group Captain in the RAF serving as a Royal Auxiliary in the City of London 601 Squadron.