our team
our team
Dr David Nugent - Director
David founded Elucidare in 2003 after a highly successful career as an equities analyst in the London Stock Market. He graduated from Glasgow University in 1992 with a double-first class honours degree in Physics and Electronic Engineering, and a PhD in Engineering from Cambridge University in 1995. His work on ultrafast telecommunications lasers was funded by a Research Fellowship from British Telecom Research Laboratories.
After three years at Arthur D Little, the international management consulting firm, he moved into investment banking at Rabobank International where he founded the Technology equity research team. In 1999 he moved to APAX Securities where he built one of the most successful technology research teams in London. In the Reuters Surveys, he was the highest ranked analyst in both the Telecommunications Services and IT Hardware sectors simultaneously.
Dr Claire Nugent - Director
Claire graduated from Cambridge University with a Natural Science degree in 1996 and a PhD in Clinical Biochemistry in 2000. Her PhD was funded by the British Diabetic Association and investigated the role of fatty acids on glucose disposal. After working as a sub-editor at Cambridge University Press, Claire became a Clinical Researcher at Papworth Hospital, the largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital in the UK.
Dr Charlanne Ward - Senior Consultant
Charlanne graduated from Cambridge University with a double first class honours degree in Electrical Information and Sciences in 1994 and a Ph.D. in Optical Electronics in 1998. Her Ph.D. focused on high power telecommunication lasers and was followed by eleven years at Nortel, where she worked in both laboratory research and business roles. Her research into optical transmission systems included maximising the capacity of long-haul DWDM systems through analysis and experimentation of inter- and intra-channel effects within different optical fibres. This was followed by a focus on metro and regional optical ring networks, exploring capacity models, dispersion profiles and low-cost approaches, including the use of electronic signal processing to mitigate the effect of optical distortions in the received signal.
Following this focus on optical research, Charlanne moved into Nortel’s
Professional Services business, where she was responsible for developing,
managing and promoting Nortel’s services portfolio in Europe, Middle East
and Africa. This included identification and analysis of market requirements,
development and lifecycle management of services, ensuring delivery readiness,
supply management of partners, preparation of marketing and training material
and customer presentations in support of the sales teams.