Peter Holden

Peter Holden is Chief Commercial Officer for AMPERA, an advanced nuclear energy company developing ultra-safe, rapidly deployable microreactor systems designed to deliver reliable, clean baseload power for defense, AI data centers, maritime, and critical industrial infrastructure.

Peter has a tech and operations background with the last 25+ years as a hands-on fund manager and tech banker investing in disruptive technologies and supporting their accelerated commercialization to market and exit. He has founded and run several funds and has expertise in helping companies/investors exit via both public markets listings (IPOs) and reverse mergers, as well via private market mechanisms - from trade sales and M&A, to venture and buyout secondaries and other liquidity solutions.

He holds a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence and was awarded the Honda A.I. Post Doc Fellowship at Tokyo University as well as being a Senior Fellow at Wharton Business School. He is President and Co-Founder of Hughes Holden Foundation - a non-profit organization that funds graduate and residency scholarships, applied research and outreach programs to help address the mental health crisis in marginalized and vulnerable communities in the USA.