The rest of the 100 (in alphabetical order): Clive Rowland, CEO, UMI3, UMIP Premier Fund

It can be all too easy to forget in this day and age of juggernauts, such as Oxford Sciences Innovation, that for a while the largest such vehicle in the UK had a less obvious origin – University of Manchester.

Clive Rowland, CEO of tech transfer office UMI3 since its inception in 2004, helped establish the £30m ($42m) UMIP Premier Fund in 2008 – at the time a staggering amount of money focused on a single institution’s spinouts.

The fund, managed by an external firm, MTI Partners, has made 16 investments and achieved four exits to date, attracting some 40 co-investors in its portfolio companies. Its success inspired the launch of the $450m Northern Triangle Initiative, fundraising for which is continuing and which will focus on Manchester, Sheffield and Leeds universities.

Rowland’s impact led the university to appoint him associate vice-president for intellectual property matters in August, effective January 2019.