From lab to market to scale

Selected build-and-scale outcomes

Element 2 — Hydrogen infrastructure

Founded the UK’s first hydrogen refuelling network; raised £6.5m equity + £3m debt; delivered mobile → permanent stations and national partnerships.

Hydrogen · Infrastructure · Fundraising · Partnerships

Evove — Graphene water filtration

Scaled a Manchester spin-out; secured £4m Innovate UK & VC; pilots in desalination, aquaculture and wastewater.

Advanced materials · Water tech · Pilots → Revenue

Cientifica — Commercialising emerging tech

Built Europe’s first nanotech commercialisation platform; authored the Nanotechnology Opportunity Report (cited by NASA).

Spin-outs · Policy · Investor narrative

Boards · Governance · Narrative

Board & advisory focus

  • Hydrogen, advanced materials, instrumentation and mobility.
  • Series A/B scale-ups: fundraising narrative, governance cadence, strategy → execution.
  • Bridging university labs with markets (Cambridge, Manchester, MIT; WEF councils).
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Field Notes

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Born to Disrupt

Part field notes, part road diary — a practical book about turning ideas into outcomes, keeping your edge in rooms full of suits, and shipping under pressure. Rock-and-roll energy with boardroom discipline.

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