Independent advisory for corporate finance, investment, M&A, restructuring, strategy, innovation and product development.

Yewmaker builds science-based solutions to make healthcare good for us, good for our planet, and good for business. We have built a multi-stakeholder private-public not-for-profit collaboration of 30 organisations. Together we are running projects to reduce waste of medicines and medicines packaging to make medicines more accessible and more sustainable

TargetArm enables the launch and recovery of both rotary and fixed wing drones from any moving vehicle (e.g., land, sea, air), autonomously at speeds exceeding 100 kmh, even under windy conditions. TargetArm addresses both commercial (package delivery, energy, healthcare & first responders) and military (kinetic, non-kinetic) use cases in its $50b+ annual market.

Arowana is a global B Corp certified group that has a number of operating companies and investments, including in electric vehicles, renewable energy, vocational education, technology and software, road infrastructure services and impact asset management.

Smart & sustainable energy solutions: Solar energy, Battery tech, Critical power

Aclys builds antibodies specifically designed for precision applications. Precision oncology provides significant benefits including, higher efficacy, smaller trial size, lower trial cost, faster approval, and five-fold higher likelihood of FDA approval. Aclys is bringing precision to antibodies.

Celdara Medical builds academic and early-stage innovations into high-potential medical companies, identifying discoveries of exceptional value at the earliest stages and moving them toward the market. We partner with inventors and their institutions, providing the developmental, financial, and business acumen required to bridge discovery to profitability. With robust funding options, a diverse and high impact Programmatic pipeline, partnerships with world-class academic institutions and industry leaders, Celdara Medical navigates all aspects of a complex industry, accelerating science to improve human health.Specialties: Biopharmaceuticals, Diagnostic services, Preclinical and early clinical development, Biotechnology, Pipeline Development ServicesWebsite: http://www.celdaramedical.com

Meggitt delivers solutions for the most challenging environments; where teamwork and collaboration matters. We enhance lives and enable safe, cost-effective flight, power and defence systems, Customers all over the world rely on our technology, products and services. 160 years of expertise and innovation inspires everything we do. In 2017 Group turnover was £2 billion.

V-Nova is committed to unlocking higher quality digital experiences at scale. Its technologies, based on the innovative use of AI and parallel processing, improve data, video, imaging, point-cloud compression and have been granted international standard status by MPEG, ISO and SMPTE. V-Nova’s relentless investment in R&D has built a portfolio of over 700 international patents, along with a range of software products and solutions.

Proposed, architected and directed initiative to revolutionize the fresh drinks industry on behalf of Costa Coffee, the world’s No. 2 coffee franchise, for its newly acquired Costa Express (CE) vending business. Catalysed change in strategy and business model, facilitating international expansion to 7 countries on 3 continents, increasing profit by >20x in 5 years.Project Marlow was developed in open innovation with a world-class business- & product development team including eMixPro, Bsquare, Costa Coffee, Givaudan, Intel, Microsoft, Pininfarina, Scentys, Thermoplan & Verwo. The team comprised ca. 120 persons spanning 7 countries and 6 languages. The resulting "CEM-200 Marlow" was architected, designed and delivered into initial production as the World's first fully-modular, fully-immersive “5-sense”, Internet-of-Things (IoT) enabled vending system in only ∼6 mos. The system was brought system to full-rate production in ∼12 mos., thereafter. Project Marlow has won numerous awards and been featured in multiple case studies, including 2 from London Business School.

Data analytics company specialising in the placement and optimisation of wind energy assets (e.g., turbines, wind farms) using multi-layer GIS (Geographic Information Systems) data, including turbine choice, wind, terrain and grid connection. Spun-out of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH-Zurich).

Pan-European €200m+ early-stage private equity/venture fund focusing on technology and life sciences. World-class investors: GIC, EDB, Bank of America, European Investment Fund, KfW, Commonfund. Invested in 40 companies and over 80 rounds of financing. Multiple board positions held.

Firm Expert: Product Development, Aerospace & DefenseSpearheaded highly successful advanced applied product development service line (DTC/DTV)Semiconductors

In 1992 the U.S. Air Force funded a study to evaluate the applicability of lean manufacturing to aerospace products. From that effort was established the Lean Aerospace Initiative, a consortium of 20 companies and several government agencies. With federal funding, the participating firms undertook pilot programs, some of which led to the incorporation of commercial lean manufacturing practices in the manufacture of defense products. Although these changes have produced major benefits in local stages of production, their translation to entire product enterprises has been slow. Part of the reason is that a complete enterprise comprises not only design and production but also the overhead functions of administration and support as well as customers and suppliers. Nevertheless, progress was being made with the expansion of lean initiative programs to these elements.

Developed revolutionary fire- and spill response products and services in the Middle East, US, Europe, and Asia in response to the oil fires of Gulf War I. Trained industrial fire fighter. Co-led fire-fighting activities at UN World Catastrophe Response Exercise 1993 involving 41 nations.

Part TimeQuality Control & Motor Technology 3-Series, M3, Z1 programs

CAD modelling: combat aircraft and hypersonic transport.