Board of Directors

Andreas Raptopoulos founded Matternet and has served as Matternet’s Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors since 2011. From 2006 to 2010, Mr. Raptopoulos served as founder and Chief Executive Officer of Future Acoustic LLP, a company which developed and licensed technology in the field of adaptive sound environments. From 2001 to 2006, Mr. Raptopoulos served as founder and Director of Aylo Ltd, a London-based design studio focused on the invention of new technologies in the field of adaptive architecture. Mr. Raptopoulos holds a Master of Arts in Industrial Design Engineering from the Royal College of Art, a Diploma of Imperial College in Industrial Design Engineering from Imperial College London, and a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Patras, Greece. Mr. Raptopoulos is named as lead inventor on 18 Matternet patents and patent applications.

Chris Dawson has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2024. Since 2026, Mr. Dawson has served as co-founder and chief executive officer of Catalyx Home Services. From 2025 to 2026, Mr. Dawson served as president of growth initiatives at Palmetto, having previously served as an advisor since 2023. From 2022 to 2025, Mr. Dawson served as a senior advisor in McKinsey & Company’s sustainability practice. From 2017 to 2021, Mr. Dawson served as chief operating officer of Sunrun. Mr. Dawson holds a BCOMM from Queen’s University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

Sanjay Kotte has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2026. Since 2025, Mr. Kotte has served as Chief Commercial Officer of Robinhood Money. From 2018 to 2025, Mr. Kotte served as Head of Strategic Partnerships of DoorDash. From 2017 to 2018, Mr. Kotte served as Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Piggybak. From 2008 to 2017, Mr. Kotte served in various investment banking roles at J.P. Morgan Securities, most recently from 2016 to 2017 as Executive Director. Mr. Kotte holds a B.B.A. in finance and management from Emory University as well as an M.B.A. and J.D. from The University of Michigan.

Laurence Marton, M.D. has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2018. Dr. Marton has served as a consultant to industry and to nonprofit, government, and academic institutions for over three decades. Dr. Marton is a prominent expert in drug development, polyamine metabolism, and cancer research, and currently serves on the boards of several privately and publicly held life science companies. Dr. Marton is an Emeritus Board Member of the American Association for Cancer Research Foundation and serves on the Cancer Commons Board. Previously, Dr. Marton was Dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School and Chaired the Department of Laboratory Medicine at University of California, San Francisco, where he was a Professor in the Departments of Laboratory Medicine and Neurological Surgery. Dr. Marton holds an M.D. from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

Saurabh Ranjan has served on Matternet’s board of directors since 2025. Since 2015, Mr. Ranjan has served as the founding managing partner of Cerracap Impact Venture Capital. From 2004 to 2015, Mr. Ranjan served as the Chief Operating Officer at UST Global, a systems integrator. Mr. Ranjan holds a certification in human resource and law from University California, Irvine, a M.A. from Delhi University, and an M.B.A. from the Institute of Management Technology (IMT), India.