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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Rowena Mason Whitehall editor

Ex-Darktrace CEO Poppy Gustafsson appointed UK investment minister

Poppy Gustafsson
Poppy Gustafsson will become a peer. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

The co-founder of the £4bn British tech firm Darktrace, Poppy Gustafsson, has been appointed as the government’s new investment minister.

Darktrace, the listed cybersecurity company, was this month sold to a US private equity firm and Gustafsson stepped down as chief executive. She will become a peer.

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