Building on the success of our Crowdfund campaign in Spring 2021, we are delighted to welcome 11 high impact leaders to our first bursary funded Catalyst programme.
The programme will begin with the global context of Babson College (the number one College for entrepreneurship for 25 years) and will explore key themes of resilience co-led by internationally renowned Professor Scott Taylor and Professor Vanessa Druskat.
During this programme, the cohort will;
Following this will be an extended programme of support directly led by Jules Lancastle, Head of Executive Education for Entrepreneurial Scotland. Jules said “The bursary fund has enabled us to recruit a diverse cohort from across Scotland’s regions, as well as guaranteeing industry and sector diversity. This is will ensure fantastic peer-to-peer learning within the group.
Founder and Chief Exec of IndiNature - a cleantech bio-based materials R&D company based in Edinburgh with a construction materials focus. In 2021 the company raised £5m to set up a large-scale manufacturing subsidiary in Jedburgh in the Scottish Borders to manufacture carbon negative insulation Scott developed. This is the first natural fibre insulation factory in the UK and is supplied with industrial hemp and flax from UK famers.
Prior to IndiNature Scott was working in community development with people in poor housing conditions which motivated him to help improve the built environment. After completing an MSc in Architecture (Advanced Environmental and Energy Systems) and doing lab-based research into natural building materials he rebuilt his family home with them in Scotland - using skills gained as a housebuilder in Vancouver. Along with co-founders, he then set up IndiNature in late 2016 to make the biggest possible positive impacts on the climate, the environment and people's health in the construction materials sector
Tiffany Wood is CEO and co-founder of Dyneval Ltd, a life-science company bringing to the market an innovative technology for reliable measurement of semen quality using portable equipment. Based at the Roslin Innovation Centre, Dyneval is launching its first product from January 2022 into the veterinary market and hopes to establish the Dynescan as the first quality control standard for semen assessment used across the livestock production industry.
Loch Electronics innovate, engineer, design and bring to market consumer electronics products focused on reducing global carbon footprint in households and offices.
CAPSULE dishwasher is their first product and the result of 4 years of research and development.
Designed from the ground up for small households, Capsule became the most funded Kickstarter campaign in Scotland and top 9 in the UK.
LOCH honours the country where it all started, its tradition of innovation and one the many natural resources we aim to protect. We are designers at heart who deeply care about solving everyday problems for everyone and deeply care about the planet we live in. That’s Loch in a nutshell.
Scott is a multiple award winning entrepreneur and Founder and CEO of Pillow Partners, a vacation rental management company. He is passionate about all things property, vacation rentals, business and entrepreneurship. He loves public speaking, pitching and mentoring. He is also a self-defence instructor (Krav Maga) and one of only a few hundred in the world of his rank. He enjoys fitness, martial arts and self-development.
Alan MacGregor is the Managing Director of Silver Birch Interiors, a multi awarding kitchen company who specialise in the design and installation of luxury kitchens providing unique, bespoke design allied with great attention to detail.
The company was founded in January 2014 and since then the company has grown year on year while building an incredibly talented team of designers, project management and installation specialists.
In 2019 they moved from Glasgow to Hamilton to launch their state-of-the-art showroom where they showcase a whole host of exclusive brands, products and finishes for their retail client base which was the focus for the business in the first few years of trading. Through its evolution they also compete strongly within the commercial market after forming working partnerships with the likes of CALA homes and a few other small, medium, and large sized housing developers across the central belt of Scotland. They are looking forward to launching their 2nd showroom location that will cater for this market and a trade outlet later in 2022.
Sherree has over 20 years’ operational experience in manufacturing and have played a significant part in ensuring Alpha Solway’s UK production has remained successful over that period. Outside of work life, I enjoy spending time with family and friends, travelling to different places to sample different food and cultures with a desire to one day live somewhere hot!
Barry is the co-founder and CEO of LiberEat. LiberEat came from personal experience with close family members struggled with food intolerances and Coeliac Disease. They tried different solutions, but nothing really helped, which led to the idea for LiberEat.
Barry previously worked in Finance, which he didn’t really enjoy, so founding LiberEat was a great opportunity to work on something he really cared about and that could help people. We’re proud that we’ve already been able to improve the safety of allergen communications and had feedback from many users that the app has really helped.
Barry loves the outdoors especially hiking and Kayaking.
Linsey is an experienced and commercially minded finance professional focused on strategic growth. Her current role as has a broad remit with responsibility for delivering commercial revenue growth across all channels. Prior to joining the airport, she gained in-house M&A experience at Exova PLC, an international testing business, where she delivered a “buy and build strategy” executing over 10 acquisitions and disposals in 2 years across a range of sectors (Aerospace, Automotive, O&G, Pharmaceutical, Fire, Environmental) and territories (USA, Canada Australia, Singapore, Dubai as well the UK). Linsey spent the first 10 years of her career with PwC, initially training for my CA qualification in Glasgow before moving London to specialise in Corporate Finance where she provided M&A, strategy and due diligence advice to Entrepreneurs, Corporates and Private Equity clients.
Outside of the office, Linsey enjoys watching and playing lots of sport, exploring new music venues and getting back to London as often as possible.
Nathalie Agnew formed Muckle Media in March 2012. A former Fleishman-Hillard and Porter Novelli senior international PR advisor, Nathalie has significant experience across the public, private and third sectors. Nathalie has led her team to win numerous awards in recent years, the most notable being the PRCA DARE Medium Agency of the Year award in 2019, CIPR Scotland PRide Outstanding PR Consultancy award in 2018 and the Consumer Relations award two years in a row, in 2017 and 2018.
Nathalie specialises in working with brands to create impactful marketing programmes which meet business or organisational objectives, using creative approaches to ensure excellent ROI.
Nathalie holds a BA in Communications and a certificate in Direct and E-Marketing from the IDM, she is also currently studying towards a level 6 diploma in Digital Marketing.
Phil is the CTO and Co-Founder of ClearSky Logic, a tech agency with a team of around 30 employees based in Edinburgh and Glasgow. ClearSky help organisations take advantage of technology, from web and mobile apps to automation and data solutions. They’re focussed on creating long-term partnerships helping businesses automate and scale their operations, bringing measurable value to these organisations. ClearSky work in many sectors but have particular experience in Energy, Property Tech and Fintech.
Phil’s personal background is in database and software development, system architecture and building technical teams. He’s interviewed hundreds of candidates and recruited many of these individuals. Phil is always keen to meet business owners and entrepreneurs and to learn from them as well as helping them avoid the pitfalls of commissioning technology for their organisations
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