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As industry leaders, household brands and big labels set the direction for large parts of the industry and consumers. They connect the consumers to the supply chain and decide which innovations reach the market. Join key decision makers from leading brands as they share the types of biosolutions innovations they are seeking for their supply chains, and their perspectives on the future of biosolutions.
Toby is a co-founding Director of Pioneer Group, the UK's largest combined venture builder and real estate operator in the knowledge economy with innovation campuses across the UK and Ireland.
He has a background in engineering and project management, as well as business startup and venture capital finance. He has a degree in Engineering from the University of Nottingham and qualified as a chartered engineer with Arup. He founded several startups and worked in company financing before joining BioCity (one of the UK’s leading Biotech incubators) in 2011. Toby was CEO of BioCity Group from January 2019, negotiating and guiding the company through its merger to form Pioneer Group.
Toby oversees all venture building activities at Pioneer. He was an early UK advocate of 'evidence-based entrepreneurship', the bedrock of Pioneer's approach to supporting high-growth companies. He is focused on creating and maintaining vibrant innovation ecosystems and support structures to create environments in which innovation can flourish and technology businesses of all types and sizes can thrive.
