Laurence Olivier

Laurence (Laurie) Olivier is the CEO of LifeQ, a global digital health company. He is also the Atlanta based partner of 4Di Capital, a South African (SA) based VC firm - which has Luxembourg listed Reinet Investments, Convergence Partners, MMI and EO & Son as its anchor investors - and a partner of Veritas Venture Partners, a seed stage venture capital (VC) firm that invests in Israel and the USA. Laurie's involvement in VC commenced in 1989, through representing the interests of a major global resources company, Anglo American, on an Israeli focused VC fund, Anglo American Ventures and several of its portfolio companies. Prior to joining Veritas, Laurie also represented Anglo American on a private equity fund in East Asia, MCPEPA, and a another VC fund in SA, MCA Investments. At Anglo American he was responsible for business development, and also held the position of SVP Private Equity. During this period he served on the boards of more than 20 publicly traded and privately held businesses, including the then largest industrial holding company in SA, Anglo American Industrial Corporation Ltd. Laurie currently serves on the boards of a variety of technology companies in SA, USA and Europe. Laurie holds a B.Engineering (Electronics) from the University of Pretoria, and a B.Com (Hons) and diploma in Datametrics from the University of South Africa. He has served from 2007 to 2009 as Chairman of the American Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICCSE), was a board member of the Southern Capital Forum, served as a commercialization advisor of the Industrial Science and Research Council of South Africa, and also served as an advisor to the University of Pretoria and the VentureLab of the Georgia Tech. In 2004 Laurie was recognized as VC of the Week by the Dow Jones Venture Reporter and in 2007 was featured by the Atlanta Journal Constitution in its series “Movers and Shakers of the Atlanta Metro”. In 2010 he received the Founders Award from the AICCSE.