The longer version
Engineering
I studied Software Engineering at the University of Manchester. My final-year project was a document management system, sponsored by N.G. Bailey, so I was building software for a sponsoring company while still at university. My first job was as a full-stack .NET engineer at Pan Atlantic Software.
Brand and marketing
As Client Director at Corporate Edge I worked on brand and digital strategy for JTI, Richemont, INEOS and IHG. I was European Marketing Director at Viadeo, a venture-backed professional network that scaled across the UK, Europe and the US.
Commercial leadership
I was Chief Commercial Officer at Wercker through its acquisition by Oracle.
Investing
At Notion Capital I was Vice President: I reviewed more than 500 SaaS businesses and sat on the investment committee for around 26 deals. I'm also a Venture Partner at 7percent Ventures, an early-stage fund backing frontier technology, and I'm an investor in Carbon13, a fund backing early-stage startups that reduce carbon.
Boards and mentoring
I've been a board observer at Wercker and at Glow Digital (acquired by ADTZ), a board adviser to Fliplet, and a NED, adviser and investor in early-stage companies including DeepAR.ai (acquired by Zalando) and fieldmargin (acquired by Agreena). I was a mentor, and on the investment committee, at Seedcamp, and a mentor at Startup Wise Guys. As a ZINC fellow I advised pre-seed startups working on human and planetary health problems.
Agriculture and food
I co-founded New Foundation Farms, and ran AgTech Advisors, my advisory practice for agri-food-tech startups, working with fieldmargin, Mona Dairy, DeepRoots and others. Agri-food and regenerative
Impact and giving
I've taken the Founders Pledge, and I'm a member of Top Tier Impact, an impact investing network, and of the Global Regeneration CoLab. Climate, biodiversity and impact