Rob Mayfield is the Managing Director of the Leiden University Holding company, Libertatis Ergo Holding B.V. (LEH), responsible for structuring and investing in spinouts and startups associated with the activities of Leiden University and the LUMC academic hospital.
LEH has a growing portfolio of about 40x companies primarily in Life Science and Health, Biotech, Medtech and digital health as well as some physical sciences.
Rob was the former director of the Tech Transfer office of Leiden University and LUMC, former Investment Principal of a global energy VC fund for 9 years (AUM $1Bln), former CEO and entrepreneur in various different industry sectors, and serves on the Board of many startup companies, and as an advisor to other investment funds.
Rob has an engineering degree from Edinburgh University, an MBA from INSEAD, is an active coach and mentor to founders, and has lived and worked in more the 10 different countries prior to settling in Netherlands. Rob has been directly involved in more than 100 startup companies in different countries, over a 20-year period.