As well as founding venture firm SoftBank Capital, he is a director and president of SoftBank Holdings and on the board of the parent company SoftBank Corporation.

He joined having worked at venture firm TVM Capital as a general partner since 2007.

Sherwood Dodge has been looking after corporate development and equity investment for the past three years.

Between 2007 and 2009, Coyle was chief executive of DeepFlex, which raised more than $35m in venture capital.

In this role he looks after early-stage technology scouting and corporate venturing for Schlumberger Worldwide. He also looks after relationships with Intel, Boeing and General Motors.