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title: Stephen Chandler | Board at Arqit Quantum-Safe Encryption
description: Meet Stephen Chandler, Board Director at Arqit, a key leader driving innovation in quantum-safe encryption. Learn about his background.
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# Stephen Chandler

Board Director

![stephen_chandler](https://arqitgroup.com/hs-fs/hubfs/stephen_chandler.webp?width=284&height=321&name=stephen_chandler.webp)Stephen is an entrepreneur, investor and company builder, with 20 years’ experience in forming, funding, running, advising and investing in technology businesses. He is currently Co-founder and Managing Partner at Notion Capital, a venture capital firm focused on Cloud Computing and Software-as-a-Service, and a board director of several high-potential tech companies. Stephen was previously President and CFO at MessageLabs, the global leader in SaaS messaging security acquired by Symantec in 2008 for $700m, and a Director at UBS Investment Bank following an early career as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte. Stephen has a BA Hons degree in Economics from the University of Exeter and was nominated “Investor of the Year” at the 2020 Investor AllStars awards.

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