Team
Meet our team

Melissa Mahdi
Project Manager

JR Candia
Hub Manager (University of Leeds)

Stephen Closs
Hub Manager (University of Nottingham)

Abigail Deffee
Fundraising Manager

Aaron Gordon
Hub Manager (University of Derby)

Daniel Gortat
Technology Scale-up Manager

Andrew Loh
Investor and Client Relations Lead

Karen Parks
Hub Manager (Cranfield University)

Chris Phillips
Hub Manager (University of Exeter)

Liliana Shymanska
Marketing and Communications Coordinator

Fran Taylor
Hub Manager (University of Exeter)
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Applications are now open for EarthScale cohort 2
Discover more about our upcoming Q&A webinars and hear directly from our current cohort about the support they’ve received so far. Applications close on Monday 13 April 2026.

Why is scaling climate tech so hard?
Climate tech in the UK doesn’t suffer from a shortage of ideas, just a shortage of ways to get them out into the world. This blog shares what our first cohort of sixteen ventures told us about their biggest scaling challenges, and how ...

Let’s meet: Upcoming EarthScale events
This article is the first in the new series, ‘let’s meet’, which highlights EarthScale events happening in March 2026 hosted by our regional hubs.
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