Seasoned professional with over 25 years’ experience innovation, business development and grant acquisition for research and development. Tony and his team have helped secure over £250m over this time. Tony is also a seasoned business Coach and Mentor working with key clients supported by the European Commission and Business Wales. The business acumen is backed-up with strong and diverse technical skill set. Tony has an honours degree in Applied Chemistry and has widened his knowledge working in the following sectors: engineering, smart manufacturing, renewable energy, environmental technologies, healthcare devices, advanced materials, nanotechnologies, electronics, telecoms, sensors, automation, transport, robotics, food and drink, and packaging. Tony’s previous roles include Practice Leader (with full P&L responsibilities) at Pera Technology, funding manager at the University of Sheffield, and technical roles at Fuchs Lubricants (UK) Plc and 3M Healthcare Ltd.

Sandra has over 20 years’ experience in scientific research, customer support and sales and in scientific facility management. Sandra holds a Masters and PhD in Chemistry from UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) and University of Warwick respectively and has subsequently been involved in nanotechnology, pharmaceuticals, biosciences, materials, electronics and analytical sciences. Sandra’s previous roles include client-facing commercial roles at Bruker UK Ltd and The University of Sheffield and research roles at a number of biotechs, including at Chroma Therapeutics, Celltech and Oxford GlycoSciences.She has a passion for language, is a borderline pedant for correct grammar and spelling and has an instinctive eye for detail and inconsistency. It is this combination of commercial experience and communication skills which uniquely qualifies her for start-to-finish bid preparation, gently guiding clients through the writing process by asking incisive questions and offering guidance in presenting the bid in the most effective way

Mark has worked in research management since 2001. He read chemistry at the University of Surrey, and was awarded his Ph.D. from the same institution, specialising in high-temperature polymer synthesis in 2002. He spent thirteen years working for various consultancy companies in the preparation and management of research projects in a variety of technical fields, primarily to the European Commission’s framework programmes, but also Innovate UK and other local business support programmes. He has worked in a variety of research management roles at the Universities of Sheffield, Keele and Birmingham and has been a member of the European Commission’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions chemistry evaluation panel since 2017.

Andrew is an experienced bid writer primarily working on Innovate UK grant funding programmes with an IT and software development focus. He has a background in IT Consultancy, technical writing and communications with a history of working in tech and software start-ups, PR, Media and Data. In over a decade spent writing about innovation in software, tech and fintech for PR companies, marketing agencies and IT journals, Andrew has honed the essential skill of translating ‘tech-speak’ into ‘human’. His recent roles include working at Meta on data governance and transformation best practice, as well as consulting with corporate clients on large data migration workflows. Andrew has spent years professionally explaining AI and ML, cloud computing, big data and digital transformation. He is a co-author of the ‘Cloud Localization Blueprint’, a project that brings together media supply chain software companies, service providers and leading entertainment companies, to create a definitive blueprint for distributing entertainment content globally.

Serkan is a seasoned bid writer with over 5 years’ experience in successfully accessing innovation grants for businesses. This experience includes creating robust applications for Innovate UK and the European Commission’s Horizon Europe funding programmes. This bid writing experience is backed-up with over 10 years’ of industrial experience in R&D and manufacturing. He studied Chemical Engineering at Middle East Technical University and holds an Masters in Businesses Administration (MBA). Throughout his career, he has held a variety of roles within the chemical industry, including smart manufacturing, process development and improvement, and research and management of small and large-scale engineering projects.