Experience

E4tech

• United Kingdom
• Renewable Energy Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Jun 2021 - Present

  Project management of complex strategy development projects and market assessments in the hydrogen sector, with a focus on electrolysis.• Provide market intelligence to industrial clients looking to enter the hydrogen space. • Strategy development for early stage technology companies. • Management and delivery of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Observatory consortium project. • Lead and support technical due diligence activities for private equity and venture capital investors. Project management of complex strategy development projects and market assessments in the hydrogen sector, with a focus on electrolysis.• Provide market intelligence to industrial clients looking to enter the hydrogen space. • Strategy development for early stage technology companies. • Management and delivery of the Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Observatory consortium project. • Lead and support technical due diligence activities for private equity and venture capital investors.



Johnson Matthey

• United Kingdom
• Chemical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Development Associate

  • Jul 2019 - Jun 2021

  • Ecosystem building through engagement with multiple start-ups and an incubator based in the USA. This involved identifying and evaluating start-ups that were of interest to businesses, engaging with them directly, facilitating introductions and legal agreements, project planning and tracking as well as progress reporting to stakeholders. Another requirement was strategy development and implementation. Prior to engagement, analysis of the incubator was carried out to identify which businesses could benefit.• Building a business case for a new product opportunity. This involved liaising with R&D, development, commercial teams, IP strategy development, risk analysis, financial model contributions and stakeholder reporting. • Progressing my previous role with the corporate innovation team, I was responsible for building and maintaining relationships with external collaborators and customers as well as moving projects forward. • I have been overseeing innovation project development through the NPI process, making sure that all the criteria are met to allow it to progress to the next stages. This required taking a view on the EHS requirements, scale up routes and supply chains, the customer value proposition and product performance.• Identification of challenges existing within JM’s business units and sourcing of solutions either within or outside of the company. This has involved developing a technical understanding of a range of technologies (e.g. battery materials and hydrogen fuel cells including their manufacturing processes and challenges faced in development, along with the wider knowledge of how they fit in to the value chain of their respective markets.

• Innovation Associate

  • 2018 - Jun 2021

  Scoping out new areas of interest for JM, aggregating information from multiple sources and using it to make informed decisions. This involved interfacing with a number of sources from within and outside of JM to answer specific question.Design and project management of proof of concept studies, monitor technical work as well as tracking and evaluating progress on internal systems. Using the knowledge from these studies to answer key questions.Designing business models following value chain analysis. Ideas were evaluated for their merit, fit within the company, and market potential.

• Senior Scientist

  • 2013 - 2018

  Responsible for all aspects of research project delivery from initiation, execution, and reporting whilst coordinating between the research group and the business unit.Managing and executing experimental plans to interface with, and support, teams based in other regional and international sites to facilitate in the commercialisation of catalytic materials by a novel process route.Initiation of novel projects within my research group resulting in the transfer of the project to product development along with new competitive and complimentary IP for the company.Providing guidance and support to students under my supervision whilst ensuring that project targets were met.

• Research Scientist

  • May 2010 - 2013