Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) at Worn Again Technologies (2022-01 – Present)
Accountable for all business development, technology commercialisation, partnerships, and marketing across European and global markets.
- Actively leading a consortium (with both Rieter and Saltigo as partners) application for the EU Horizon Fund (€6 million), having identified the opportunity, secured budgets and resources, and transitioned the company into the execution phase of consortium building and bid writing.
- Identified and actively pursuing EU Innovation Fund opportunities for major project finance, engaging external service providers to conduct gap assessments and structure the bid.
- Lead the 2025 Capital Raise campaign (€11 million target), creating and nurturing a pipeline of 150 counterparty investors, pitching, managing the process, and overseeing all due diligence delivery.
- Co-led the preparation of the 2025/6 budget and built a relationship with new board directors, leading to the approval of the company's largest ever capital spend to accelerate technology readiness level from 5 to 7.
- Supported the CEO during the 2022 Capital Raise ($35M), achieving 3x cumulative total funding versus the prior 17 years combined.
- Achieved the first revenue for the company by monetising laboratory Circularity Services selling into partners such as Lycra & ASICS, resulting in significant projects with expanded scope.
- Negotiated and executed a Joint Development Agreement with the world's largest Paper & Packaging company (DS Smith), creating a pathway to future revenue potential of >$100 million per annum.
- Built the "Swiss Textile Recycling Ecosystem", a 9-company partnership demonstrating a textiles circular economy.
- Secured supply and offtake arrangements for pilot facilities to prove fibre-to-fibre and secondary markets.
- Re-negotiated an exclusivity arrangement with an industry partner, successfully unlocking access to the US and Canada, generating significant future enterprise potential.
- Represented the company in trade bodies (Recycling Europe, Fashion for Good, Textile Exchange) and developed policy position papers for key regulatory advocacy efforts as a member of several task forces.
Cofounder & CCO (2018-2021), Board Advisor (2021-2022) at Big Atom (2018-01 – 2022-12)
Built a company from scratch and stewarded the company through the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Grew the business to become the 2nd largest regional tyre recycling plant, successfully recycling 1 million tyres within a 3-year period.
- Set up and delivered multiple innovation workstreams to prove technology concepts, attracting vital investors and successfully raising £2M in EIS equity investments, £650K in Future Fund Covid-19 support, and £500K in grant funding via InnovateUK.
- Embedded right-sized operations and engineering standards, while nurturing a dynamic working culture aligned with the company vision.
- Engaged key regulators and UK government officials advocating on waste-to-biofuel technologies, the Circular Economy, and renewable transport fuel.
Modernisation & Transformation Lead, Middle East Region at BP PLC (2017-01 – 2018-12)
- Spearheaded a modernisation and transformation programme across BP's Middle East upstream portfolio, rolling it out for 2000 staff spanning five countries (Iraq, Kuwait, UAE, Oman & UK).
- Attained top BP Upstream region reputation within six months.
- Concurrently delivered the field development and management plan for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company regarding a multi-billion-barrel oil reservoir (Habshan-1).
Production Forecast & Performance Manager, Rumaila, Iraq at BP PLC (2014-01 – 2017-12)
- Managed production risks for the world's 3rd largest oil field, Rumaila.
- Optimised work plans to maintain 2014 in-year production within 80% of target while achieving a £2.4B (60%) reduction in budget, successfully navigating the context of an ISIS invasion and Arabian oil prices declining from $100-$20/bbl.
- Directed integration of engineering teams to end decades of desert water disposal, allowing pollution removal from significant environmental hazards.
Petroleum/Production Engineer at BP PLC (2010-01 – 2014-12)
- Included production management of BP's most profitable North Sea asset with 14 months on offshore operations.
