David Hayes, Diana Grauer and Avra Durack tackled the challenges around mobility and energy, including a decision by BP Ventures to return into an area where an investment had not worked out previously.
Jacob Heath, partner at law firm Orrick, led the spotlight sector discussion on advanced mobility and energy, which revolved around the creative destruction of energy and how corporate venturing could help the world’s largest industry survive and prosper in its own disruption.
The panellists included David Hayes, chief investment officer at BP Ventures, the venturing unit of oil company BP; Diana Grauer, director of venture capital at oil and gas services company Technip FMC; and Avra Durack, director at National…