Meet our team
MEMBERs
Management Team
CEO & Co-FOUNDER
Pete Rowe, PhD
Molecular biologist turned entrepreneur, Pete is an expert in innovation management, biotechnology and a certified AgTech consultant.
COO & Co-founder
Rob Mansfield, PhD
Trained as a metabolic engineer, Rob earned his stripes developing new ways to engineer industrial microbes to optimise product formation.
Lisa Thomas, PhD | ACA
Lisa is chartered accountant with a technical background in life sciences. With 15+ years experience of R&D and technology transfer…
MEMBERS
Technical Team
Head of fermentation Co-FOUNDER
Bart Pander, PhD
Microbiologist with deep knowledge of gas fermentation. Bart has an encyclopedic knowledge of gas utilising microbes and unrivalled…
head of process development
Preben Krabben, PhD
Preben has over two decades’ experience in innovation and scale-up of microbial biotechnology processes. He has a strong inter-disciplinary…
Head of Strain Development
Craig Woods, PhD
As Head of Strain Development, Craig uses his extensive expertise in optimisation of gas fermentation processes to improve…
Microbial Biotechnologist
Zahara Mortimer, BSc
Zahara joined Deep Branch in June 2019. She holds a BSc in Biotechnology from the University of Nottingham. Working under the supervision of Bart, Zahara helps optimise the nutritional profiles of Deep Branch Biotechnology products. Zahara likes lacrosse and Wotsits
MEMBERS
Commercial Team
Head of Business Development
Ahmed El-Kadars, MBA
Holds a BSc in Finance and an MBA, with 10+ years of experience in driving business development and revenue in industries including B2B software sales, sports, management consulting, and food.
Business Development Associate
Joshua Maliepaard, BSc
Joshua joined the Deep Branch team in November 2019 in collaboration with the Leiden University, as part of his MSc in Biopharmaceutical Sciences…
MEMBERS
Board Members & Advisors
Non-Executive Director
John Carolin, MBA
Non-Executive Director
Lars Topholm
Strategic advisor
Oliver McFall, MBA
Scientific Advisor
Prof. Nigel Minton
Scientific Advisor
Prof. Han De Winde
We have an amazing product. Give it a try today!
Deep Branch Biotechnology is developing scalable technology aimed at transforming the polluters of today into the producers of tomorrow. We generate clean, nutritious and sustainable single cell protein directly from carbon dioxide in industrial waste gas, thereby reducing the carbon footprint of emitters and providing sustainable alternatives to soy and fishmeal for the feed industry.