John Willams
Board Member & Technical Director
Biobased & Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA)
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr John Williams CSci CChem FRSC John is a Senior Partner and Board member of S’Investec LLC, a private investment company specialising in Clean Tech, Biotech and Renewables. He is responsible for identifying and valorising all proposals prior to consideration for investment. John is also a Non-Executive Director of Floreon Transform Packaging, a Hull based SME producing bioplastics, as well as a Board member and Technical Director of the Bio-Based & Biodegradable Industries Association John was for over 7 years Head of Materials at the UK’s National Centre for Biorenewable Technologies, before joining S’Investec in 2013. Previously he had spent over 15 years in senior technical roles in the polymer industry. John holds a degree in Chemistry and doctorate in polymer chemistry and is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Institute of Directors, and European Chemical Society.
Research Interest
Identification and evaluation of Clean Tech and Renewable technologies. Translation of technical opportunities into market exploitation via active investment. Key words: Bioeconomy; Bio-based; Clean Tech; Biomass; Bioenergy: Biofuels; Biomaterials; Bioplastics; Bio-based Chemicals: Waste/End of Life