Chief Technology Officers
We recruit Chief Technology and Chief Scientific Officers who elevate and scale tech development, advancing projects from early to late-stage readiness. They craft strategic roadmaps, harmonise innovation with execution, and cultivate environments where exceptional work thrives.
CTOs for Deep Tech
Ideal technology leads are creative, versatile, comfortable with iteration, and not ideological about approach or technology. Like any scientist worth their salt, they’re guided by problem solving and the Scientific Method. But like any entrepreneur, they’re also focused on innovation and the delivery of a platform with the greatest potential of success. It’s a delicate balance to strike.
But that is the nature of the challenge facing Deep Tech Technology Leaders that we recruit, who often enter the business during the Scaling phase of the lab to market journey. Their backgrounds almost always include a blend of corporate and start-up experience, a finely tuned understanding of the integration required of product development and engineering, and the importance of quality, data capture, testing, and pace.
Below are examples of CTOs and CSOs we’ve placed. Visit the Opportunities page to explore our available Deep Technology leadership roles.
Michael Lennartz - Chief Technology Officer, Nexeon
Michael was recruited to Nexeon from BASF, where he was previously Head of Global Product R&D for the group’s cathode division. Prior to that, he served in senior technology development roles with Umicore. Michael joined Nexeon to take the group’s technology development efforts to the level required to consistently meet the requirements of world-leading partners and customers within the lithium-ion battery industry, including the world’s leading EV OEMs and consumer electronics companies.
Jessica Middlemiss CEng FIMMM - CTO, Puraffinity
Jess gained her Masters in Materials Science & Engineering from Imperial College London before joining Rolls Royce in their Materials Science & R&D teams. She later spent 8-years with Dyson, joining as one of their first materials scientists and building her leadership and management skills over the next decade, before diving head-first into the world of start-ups. She’s joined Puraffinity to lead the group’s technology and engineering teams through to commercialisation.
