Frontier IP Group plc AB Sugar Head of Innovation joins Frontier IP
September 17 2018 - 1:01AM
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Frontier IP Group Plc
("Frontier IP" or the "Group")
Team Expansion - AB Sugar Head of Innovation Matthew White joins
Frontier IP
Frontier IP, which specialises in commercialising university
intellectual property, is delighted to announce that Matthew White,
the Head of Innovation at AB Sugar, one of the world's largest
sugar producers and a wholly-owned subsidiary of AB Foods, is
joining the Group as Director of Commercialisation, in a non-board
role.
Matthew has 23 years' experience in technology, product and
service innovation, business development and marketing. As AB
Sugar's Head of Innovation, he was responsible for defining
strategy and managing a global innovation portfolio. The role
involved working extensively with university partners on
collaborative research programmes totalling over GBP20million.
Before joining AB Sugar, Matthew was Director of Consumer
Products for international technology consulting and product
development business Sagentia Limited, working across a wide range
of sectors.
He started his career at Neotronics Scientific, one of the first
companies to commercialise electronic odour sensing. He has a
Natural Sciences degree majoring in Chemistry from the University
of Cambridge.
Neil Crabb, Chief Executive of Frontier IP, said: "It is a real
pleasure to welcome Matthew to the Frontier IP team. His superb
range of skills and experience provide an excellent match for the
work many of our portfolio companies are undertaking."
Matthew White, said: "It is fantastic to be joining everyone at
Frontier IP. I am looking forward to using my network and
experience to accelerate the commercialisation activities of our
exciting portfolio."
ENQUIRIES
Frontier IP Group Plc T: 0131 240 1251
Neil Crabb, Chief Executive
Andrew Johnson, Communications & Investor M: 07464 546 025
Relations
andrew.johnson@frontierip.co.uk
Company website: www.frontierip.co.uk
Cenkos Securities plc (Nominated Adviser T: 0131 220 6939
and Joint Broker)
Neil McDonald / Beth McKiernan
Peterhouse Corporate Finance Limited T: 020 7469 0935
(Joint Broker)
Lucy Williams
Kreab (Financial PR) T: 020 7074 1800
Robert Speed / Matthew Jervois
NOTES TO EDITORS
Frontier IP unites science and commerce
by identifying strong intellectual
property and accelerating its development
through a range of commercialisation
services.
The Group looks to build and grow
a portfolio of equity stakes and licence
income by taking an active involvement
in spin-out companies, including support
for fund raising and collaboration
with relevant industry partners at
an early stage of development.
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