Philip Colligan

Philip Colligan

Philip Colligan is chief executive of the Raspberry Pi Foundation, an educational non-profit with a global mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and AI. 

The Foundation empowers schools to teach computing and AI through free curricula, classroom resources, purpose built software tools, and professional development for teachers. They inspire young people to become tech creators through the world’s largest network of computing clubs and undertake original research into the teaching and learning of computing and AI.

Philip was previously a non-executive director of the Foundation’s commercial business, Raspberry Pi Ltd. He was part of the team that led the successful IPO of the business on the London Stock Exchange in June 2024, generating an endowment that fuels the Foundation’s educational mission.

Prior to joining Raspberry Pi, Philip was Deputy Chief Executive of the UK’s innovation foundation, Nesta. He was a founding non-executive director of the Behavioural Insights Team (the Nudge Unit) and a founding trustee of the Centre for London. He served as an adviser on social innovation to the UK government, and has advised municipal and national governments, charities, and social enterprises all over the world.

Earlier in his career, Philip was a chief officer at the London Borough of Camden and a senior civil servant in the Home Office.

Philip has a degree in law from the University of Liverpool and qualifications in management and finance. He was awarded a CBE for services to Engineering and Technology for Societal Impact in the King’s Birthday Honours in 2025.

Philip was included in TIME magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in artificial intelligence in 2026.

Outside of work he is a dad, craft cider maker, and a slow cyclist.

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