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Dr Isuru Muthukuda is a photochemistry and synthetic chemistry expert whose research unlocked a key breakthrough for making photocatalysts viable at commercial scale. He completed his PhD in Inorganic Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, studying light-activated antimicrobials, and holds a Master’s degree from Queen Mary University of London.

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​Isuru believes nature holds many of the answers to today’s climate crisis and, alongside his laboratory work, studies natural systems to understand how their principles can be adapted for industrial-scale decarbonisation.

Chantelle Arneaud has over 20 years’ experience in commercial strategy and execution across high-growth technology businesses. Her career spans sectors including mining, SaaS, and deep tech, and she has helped scale a startup from growth stage through to exit. She later spent five years working in the fundraising space, supporting founders to develop investment strategies and compelling propositions, before moving into climate tech where she worked on a textile recycling venture.

Chantelle is driven by waste valorisation and the belief that modern society must return to treating resources as assets rather than disposables.

Harsh is a chemical engineer with 10 years’ experience spanning large-scale industrial manufacturing and early-stage biotech. He spent eight years at Johnson Matthey, where he supported more than 50 hydrogen plants, improved operating profit at a catalyst manufacturing facility by 20%, and developed feasibility-stage engineering design packages for major capital projects. He later designed and launched a continuous manufacturing platform at a biotech startup.

Harsh is passionate about building thoughtful company culture and believes long-term industrial progress depends on restoring balance between human systems and the natural world.