Brands Transforming Our World

Inside the quantum revolution with Oxford Ionics CEO and Co-Founder, Dr. Chris Ballance

Brands Transforming Our World

Show Notes

Oxford Ionics CEO & Co-Founder, Dr. Chris Ballance, joins us to share his journey from getting (very briefly!) expelled from school to leading one of the UK’s most exciting quantum computing companies. We discuss breaking world records, building a $1bn business, the race to commercialise quantum and why brand matters as much as science. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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