Peter Baird

CEO, Gordian Technologies; Board Chair, African Leadership Foundation

Mr. Baird is the Chief Executive Officer of Gordian Technologies, a provider of edge-AI inference platforms that are highly efficient in terms of memory and CPU/GPU usage, which allows them to run complex neural networks on resource-constrained devices (such as electric power meters). Mr. Baird has more than three decades of business experience as an executive, an investor, and a management consultant. He has served as a board member and/or Chair for more than 30 companies and non-profit institutions.

Prior Experience

  • CFO, MultiSensor AI (NASDAQ: MSAI)
  • Managing Principal, Investec Asset Management
  • Senior Managing Director, Standard Chartered Bank
  • Non-Executive Chairman, Consolidated Infrastructure Group
  • Non-Executive Director, Catalent Pharma Solutions
  • Non-Executive Director, EastPharma
  • President, DJO
  • Principal, McKinsey & Company

Education

  • MBA, Stanford University (Arjay Miller Scholar)
  • M.A., University of Cape Town
  • B.A., Bates College