Board of Directors

Dr Joe Fitzsimons is the founder and CEO of Horizon Quantum. Before establishing the company in 2018, he was a tenured associate professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design and a National Research Foundation Fellow. He also served as a principal investigator at the Centre for Quantum Technologies, where his research contributed to both theoretical computer science and physics.

Earlier in his career, Joe was a fellow of Merton College, Oxford, and a senior research fellow in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. During this time, he co-invented universal blind quantum computing, now recognised as a key technology for securing cloud-based quantum computation.

He holds a doctorate from the University of Oxford, where his research focused on quantum computing architectures, and a Bachelor of Science in theoretical physics from University College Dublin.

Danielle Lambert was the VP of Human Resources at Apple, where she helped build out teams behind the iPod, iPhone, iPad and Apple Retail Stores, among others. She later played a pivotal role in the founding of Nest Labs Inc., as an investor and advisor through the company’s rapid growth and acquisition by Alphabet Inc.

Peter Oey is the Chief Financial Officer of Grab, a prominent Southeast Asia superapp. He previously served as CFO of LegalZoom.com Inc. prior to its IPO and as CFO of MyLife.com Inc. Earlier in his career he held several finance leadership roles at Activision Blizzard Inc.

Jill Turner has more than 20 years of experience in global human resources leadership roles at Fortune 500 technology companies. She is currently the Chief Human Resources Officer of Broadcom and previously held executive positions at Honeywell International Inc. and Lumen Technologies Inc. (formerly CenturyLink Inc.).

Harry You is currently Chairman of dMY Technology Group, Inc. and Chairman of the board of directors of Broadcom. Previously, he was lead independent director of IonQ Inc., a leading quantum computing hardware company. He is also an experienced public company officer, having held CFO roles at Accenture plc and Oracle Corporation, and an EVP role at EMC Corporation, among others.