Poppy Gustafsson
 Baroness Gustafsson    ( businesswoman) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Poppy Clare Veronica Prentis 24 August 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of Sheffield | ||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Roland Joel Gustafsson | ||||||||||||||||||
| Founder of | Darktrace | ||||||||||||||||||
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Poppy Gustafsson, Baroness Gustafsson, is a British businesswoman and Labour Party life peer who was Minister of State for Investment since 2024.
Business career
In her early career, Gustafsson worked for the venture capital firm Amadeus Capital Partners. In 2009, she moved to Autonomy, working as a corporate controller until the company's acquisition by HP.
Gustafsson co-founded Darktrace in 2013 and initially held the position of chief financial officer. She subsequently took on the role of co-chief executive in 2016 and became the sole CEO in 2020. She led Darktrace's initial public offering in 2021, and left the company in 2024 prior to the completion of its sale to the private equity firm Thoma Bravo.[1]
Government minister
On 10 October 2024, Gustafsson was appointed to the government as Minister of State for Investment by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer. She was created a life peer as Baroness Gustafsson, of Chesterton in the City of Cambridge, on 15 November to allow her to sit in the House of Lords.
Reaction
Of her new position, Gustafsson said:
"It is a huge privilege to be appointed as the Minister of Investment and I am excited to get started.
"I have first-hand experience of building and scaling a business here in the UK and I am thrilled to have the opportunity to share with the international investment community what I already know to be true: the UK is a great place to do business."[2]
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