Our People
Leadership team
Mark Poole
Chief Executive Officer
Mark has a strong track record of commercialising innovative and sustainable products and technologies in the chemicals and advanced materials sectors. He is an experienced applied chemist with a PhD in Corrosion.
Steve Ball
Chief Operating Officer
An experienced senior finance professional with a strong general management background, Steve has a wealth of operation experience, particularly with supply chain management and customer service delivery.
Simon Dale
Head of Technical
Simon is an experienced senior technical and production manager in the food industry, from start ups and SMEs to multinational manufacturers.
Jonathan Devaney
Head Of Engineering
Jonathan is an experienced innovation and engineering leader within the automotive sector. As a senior manager at Jaguar Land Rover, he was responsible for the engineering management of the special projects team.
The Board
Piers Clark
Non-Executive Chairman
Piers has a strong record of driving technology innovation within the water industry. He established Isle Utilities, a specialist consultancy that provides the Technology Approval Group (TAG) forum for water utilities from around the world and the Trials Reservoir Programme that aims to drive adoptions of new technology around the world.
Tore Hopen
Director
Tore is the CEO of Farvatn Private Equity, a Norwegian family-owned investment company. Farvatn aim to make a positive impact on the world through its focus on ocean, energy transition and life sciences. Tore is excited about the potential that eloclear offers across a wide range of industrial applications.
William V Hickey
Director
William (Bill) served as Chair and CEO of the Sealed Air Corporation, manufacturers of food and specialty protective packaging materials. During his tenure the group acquired and grew Diversey, a traditional chemical cleaning company. Bill believes eloclear has the potential to disrupt the hygiene sector.
Technical advisory panel
Simon Lushey
Consultant
Simon was a key figure in food technology innovation at Marks & Spencer for over 30 years with experience across all product lines. He brings to Ozo Innovations a wealth of experience in bringing new technology to the food industry.
David Jeffries
Technical Director
David has a wealth of experience as a Technical Director across multiple food categories. He specialises in interim management roles where a significant turnaround in Technical operations is required.
Annitta Engel
Technical Consultant
Annitta is an experienced Consultant with a proven history of working in the retail & food manufacturing industry.
Michael Mikkelsen
Technical Consultant
Michael is an experienced hygiene and food safety consultant with a track record of delivering improvements in cleaning operations and operational outsourcing across many sectors of the food industry.