Audrey Charles
Biography
Audrey Charles is senior vice president of corporate strategy and advanced packaging, and president of Lam Capital at Lam Research. In this position, she is responsible for leading the executive management team in the development of strategic priorities and key initiatives that support the company’s long-term profitable growth. She is also responsible for accelerating the company’s market-leading position in advanced packaging to deliver differentiated technology and support to customers. Additionally, Audrey oversees Lam’s Corporate Development team and investment arm, Lam Capital, which invests in disruptive companies that advance the semiconductor ecosystem through next generation industrial automation, technology and product innovation, and new market opportunities. She brings a broad base of experience to her role, including engineering, customer technology management and investor relations. Since joining Lam in 1995, she has served in a range of leadership positions including senior vice president of Global Human Resources and vice president of corporate initiatives. Audrey earned an M.B.A. from the MIT Sloan School of Management and a B.S. in applied physics from Dublin City University.
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Kevin Chen
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Kevin joined Lam Capital mid-2020 bringing over 15 years of entrepreneurial and operating experience in materials-centric deep- and bio-tech companies. Most recently, Kevin was CEO of Crop Enhancement, an agriculture technology company commercializing novel products that replace synthetic pesticides, leading it from Seed through Series B. Prior to that, Kevin held senior roles at Hanergy (EVP of Silicon Valley Product Development Group) and Applied Materials (CMO of Energy and Environmental Solutions and GM of Energy Storage Solutions). Prior to Applied, Kevin led business development and product management efforts at NanoGram (acquired), AMD/Spansion, and Lumentum. Kevin’s passion for entrepreneurship was ignited early in his career when he co-founded Cumulus Photonics to commercialize innovative optical networking equipment. Kevin earned PhD and SM degrees in Materials Science & Engineering from MIT, a BS in Engineering Science from Penn State University, and is a Kauffman Fellows Finalist. He is a director of Crop Enhancement and mentor with the MIT VMS.
Vaidehi Bhandari
Biography
Vaidehi joined Lam Capital in 2026 as Senior Manager, Portfolio Development. In this role, she focuses on driving technology acceleration and value‑creation initiatives across Lam Capital’s portfolio companies.
Prior to Lam Capital, Vaidehi held senior leadership and program management roles across some of the world’s leading technology companies, including eBay, PayPal, Meta (Facebook), Amazon Lab126, Google, and Cisco. Across these organizations, she led large‑scale technology transformations, portfolio and program governance, partner ecosystem initiatives, and operating‑model modernization efforts, delivering significant growth, cost savings, and improved execution at scale with collaboration.
She holds a Master of Science in Telecommunications from the University of Maryland and a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Telecommunications from Pune University. Vaidehi is PMP certified and has also served as a Board Member and Faculty member at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is based in Fremont, California.
Ben Haskell
Biography
Ben is a Business Development Director at Lam Research and Investment Director at Lam Capital since 2023. Prior to joining Lam Capital, he developed and led Lam’s Technology Scouting program that identified, evaluated, and co-developed disruptive technologies in partnership with startups and established businesses alike. Before joining Lam, Ben was an entrepreneur and executive. He was co-founder and CEO of III-V CVD startup Inlustra Technologies, leading the company through its series B fundraising. He then joined micro-LED display startup Ostendo Technologies, where as Vice President of Technology he led nonpolar III-V epitaxy development and the company’s heterogeneous integration fab for monolithic displays. He has over 30 pending and issued patents and authored over 50 papers and book chapters with more than 3,500 citations. Ben earned his B.S.E in Materials Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. in Materials from the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Peter Hong
Biography
Peter brings to Lam over 20 years of experience as a customer-centric business developer and strategist possessing a strong blend of technology and business insights. Most recently, he led Business Strategy at a Korean semiconductor equipment company since 2018. In this position, he was responsible for leading market intelligence, business collaboration, CVC investment and M&A deals to build a stronger supply eco-system. Prior to that, he was a business development manager at Kodak for 3 years where he implemented regional go-to-market strategies for the Functional Printing business. He also gained experience in the consumer electronics industry at Samsung Electro-Mechanics where over 10 years he held senior manager positions in sales, R&D, NPI, and product planning for mobile camera module, packaging substrates, LED, and touch sensor.
Peter earned an MBA from the College of Business, KAIST, and Ph.D in Physical Chemistry from POSTECH, both in the Republic of Korea.
Bedwyr Humphreys
Biography
Bedwyr joined Lam in 2024 from ASML where he was responsible for Strategic Business Development including strategic investments and M&A. He began his career as a semiconductor process engineer having completed a PhD in Photonics. His interest in business development soon led to more commercial roles including senior leadership at both multinationals and startups including Board responsibility. Bedwyr’s experience spans both the silicon (including advanced packaging) and compound semiconductor industries and he is particularly excited to explore the opportunities emerging from the convergence and integration of photonics and electronics.
Terry Li
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Terry joined the Lam Capital team in early 2025. Prior to joining Lam, Terry drove investment due diligence, fund management, and market research initiatives at W.I. Harper Group, a US-Greater Asia cross border venture capital firm, where he focused primarily on early-stage investments in the cleantech and enterprise software spaces. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Virginia with a double major in Economics and Statistics.
Eva Liu
Biography
Eva joined Lam Capital in early 2020 and is responsible for operations, financial modeling and deal sourcing at Lam Capital. Before joining the Lam Capital team, she cofounded and worked for several start-ups in the Internet of Things space, such as meShare and Zmodo, and was in charge of fundraising and product commercialization. She received an M.B.A. from the University of California – Berkeley, Haas School of Business and holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Economics and Accounting.
Yvonne Lutsch
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Yvonne joined Lam Capital in October 2024 as Investment Director, bringing over 7 years of venture capital experience from Bosch Ventures, where she led investments in deep tech fields like AI, quantum computing, semiconductors, sensors, and industrial technology. She also has 13+ years of operational experience at Bosch, having served in leadership roles across technology scouting, business development, engineering, and electronics in both mobility as well as consumer electronics . Yvonne holds a PhD in Applied Physics from University of Tuebingen and a Diploma in Experimental Physics from University of Siegen, both Germany.
Adarsh Sekhar
Biography
Adarsh joined Lam in 2026 and leads Lam Capital’s investment activities in India. Adarsh also leads Corporate Development for Lam in India, overseeing M&A, strategic partnerships and licensing. Previously, Adarsh was an investment partner at IBM Ventures, where he focused on global investments in AI and quantum computing. He also spent over a decade in IBM Corporate Development, leading acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments, and divestitures globally, with a focus on emerging markets. Earlier, Adarsh was part of Microsoft’s Corporate Development team in Redmond, executing global M&A transactions, and began his career as a technology investment banker at Thomas Weisel Partners in San Francisco. Adarsh holds an MS in Management Science & Engineering from Stanford University, an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a Bachelor’s degree in engineering from IIT Madras.