Meet the team

• Alyssa Gilbert

  

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  Alyssa Gilbert Director of Undaunted & Director of Innovation at the Grantham Institute

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  Alyssa is the Director of Undaunted and has as strong background in climate policy. She also leads on innovation at the Grantham Institute , focussing on speeding up the creation, development and scale up of innovative solutions to the climate crisis.

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• Professor Richard Templer

  

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  Professor Richard Templer Co-Founder of Undaunted

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  Richard co-founded Undaunted. He continues to be a key member of the team after stepping down as Director in December 2022. Richard is also member of the London Sustainable Development Commission, where he advises the GLA on the development of London as a global hub for cleantech innovation.

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• Naveed Chaudhry

  

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  Naveed Chaudhry Co-Founder & Head of The Greenhouse at Undaunted

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  Naveed co-founded and runs Undaunted's accelerator programme, The Greenhouse . He also runs  Climate Launchpad and manages a range of climate-positive companies in sectors such as agtech, energy, mobility, AI, eco-materials, and many others.

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• Ajay Kathrani

  

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  Ajay Kathrani Partnership Lead

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  Ajay leads on brokering new opportunities for collaborative innovation with stakeholders and clients across London's cleantech community.

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• Guillermo Montero

  

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  Guillermo Montero Project Manager

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  Guillermo leads all project management activities for Undaunted. He manages key relationships and activities with the Greater London Authority and Undaunted's funders, as well as the the financial aspects of all our programmes and projects.

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• Nicole Bachanova

  

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  Nicole Bachanova Programme Manager of The Greenhouse

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  Nicole is responsible for planning and designing The Greenhouse accelerator programme, ensuring that the start-ups receive all the support they need via workshops, mentorship, networking and more.

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• Claudia Cannon

  

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  Claudia Cannon Communications and Marketing Officer

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  Claudia leads on Undaunted's publicity, multi-channel communication activities, media relations and events.

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• Cathal Hughes

  

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  Cathal Hughes Projects Manager

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  Cathal leads on projects supporting innovative early-stage cleantech SMEs, developing an active London climatetech community and advocating for climate policies and measures to accelerate the UK’s net zero transition.

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• Melissa Mahdi

  

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  Melissa Mahdi ERDF Project Officer

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  Undaunted was formally known as the Centre for Climate Innovation and funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF). Melissa leads on the compliance and budget management the ERDF funding.

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• Dr Paul Rouse

  

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  Dr Paul Rouse Flexi Fund Manager, CO2 Removal Hub (CO2RE)

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  Paul manages the Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub’s ( CO2RE ) flexible fund which is helping to ensure that Greenhouse Gas Removal (GGR) techniques can develop rapidly, effectively and responsibly, alongside action to reduce emissions.

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• Naomi Lewis

  

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  Naomi Lewis Internship Coordinator

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Meet some of the startups we have worked with...

Notpla

Pioneers in packaging solutions, Notpla develops flexible, edible and biodegradable packaging using a material made from seaweed and plants that disappears, naturally.

H2GO Power

A clean tech company that develops and delivers hydrogen energy storage technology for zero-emission, safe and reliable power supply, with a range of commerical applications.

Ichthion

Developing cutting-edge technologies to tackle ocean plastic pollution by sucking plastic from rivers, coastal areas and the ocean before it can enter the marine ecosystem.

Econic Technologies

Uses novel catalyst technologies to create new value from waste carbon dioxide, so that it has a positive economic and environmental potential.

Arborea

Developed the BioSolar Leaf, which harnesses natural photosynthesis to grow microscopic plants and produce healthy food ingredients, all while generating oxygen and sequestrating large amounts of carbon dioxide.

Naked Energy

An engineering business offering highly efficient, high energy density solutions by combining solar heat and power in a single product.

Aeropowder

An award-winning startup creating novel materials from waste feathers, including the world's first thermal packaging material made from surplus feathers.

Puraffinity

Tackling water pollution using novel membrane technology that can filter hazardous micro pollutants from water.

The Shellworks

A sustainable packaging turning waste crustacean shells into biodegradable, compostable products, which can be used as an alternative to plastic.

Q-Bot

Making homes warmer and healthier using an autonomous robot that can insulate homes with minimal disruption to people's lives.

RFC Power

Developing long-duration energy storage, by combining the benefits of a flow battery with the best elements of fuel cell technology to efficiently convert electrical energy to chemical energy and back again.

hydroCotton

Redefining the way cotton is produced and helping fashion brands reduce their environmental impact by growing radically sustainable cotton alongside building more transparency into the supply chain, creating accountability end-to-end.