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Deeptech commercialisation

Your business needs to build new relationships and grow its international customer base.

You need disruptive ideas founded in commercial sense and strategy.

30+Years in deeptech commercialisation
100+UK deeptech startups prepared for VC
50+Early-stage ventures appraised for the APC
TRL 3To bankable, validated deployment

Profile

Cross-domain deeptech commercialisation director and engineer taking complex physical systems from early readiness through to validated, bankable deployment.

Bridging high-capex engineering with corporate buying triggers, institutional venture capital, and public-private funding frameworks. Strategic advisor to DSIT and the Institute of Physics.

  • Customer discovery & market entry
  • Techno-economic de-risking
  • High-value B2B partnerships
  • First-of-a-Kind capital frameworks
  • Institutional venture appraisal
  • Innovation policy & advisory

Selected experience

  1. 2024 — Present

    Founder & Commercialisation Director

    Alta Innovation

    Targeted commercial direction, market validation, and venture de-risking for deeptech scale-ups and institutional bodies.

  2. 2022 — 2024

    Senior Business Development & Strategic Relationships

    TTP plc

    International B2B development across UK, EU, and US deeptech ecosystems — additive manufacturing, cleaner industrial processes, and hydrogen.

  3. 2016 — 2022

    Head of Cleantech Dealflow, VC Unit

    Department for International Trade / PA Consulting

    Screened and restructured value propositions for 100+ UK deeptech startups, connecting founders with Tier-1 international capital.

  4. 1997 — 2003

    Strategic Innovation Technologist

    Alstom

    Developed thermodynamic cycle simulation tools for primary turbine and compressor design, economics, and emissions modelling.

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