Biome Technologies plc

Biome Bioplastics (Biome) is the main subsidiary of Biome Technologies plc, a technology development and commercialisation business listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) of the London Stock Exchange. Biome’s principal activities are in the discovery, development and commercial production of bio-based plastic materials for a variety of markets. Since its flotation in 2010 the business has grown to profitability serving customers in Europe, the USA and beyond. Biome has an active industrial biotechnology programme (R&D spend ~ £1.5 million per year) focused on the development of a novel range of bio-based and biodegradable polyesters using lignin and lignocelluloses and raw material inputs.

Paul Mines

Paul Mines, CEO, is an engineering graduate and MBA, who spent his early career in Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) where he managed projects and ran a cyanide facility. A period in the corporate strategic planning team and as MD of three fine chemicals business followed at Courtaulds. He led a management buyout of a Courtaulds plastics business and built a profitable global business (sales £120 million) including building new businesses/plastics facilities in the UK, Mexico, India and China. He has raised capital of over £100 million from private equity and the public markets. Paul has been leading Biome for 10 years and built the business from laboratory scale to £20 million of sales and profitability.

Paul Law

Paul Law is a graduate chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). He started his career at Kodak where he managed labs and plants in pharmaceutical/speciality chemical research. He became Research Director at Courtaulds, leading a staff of over 100 chemists, chemical engineers, material scientists and biochemists ranging across businesses including coatings, packaging and chemicals. Subsequently, he became MD of Courtauld’s cellulose acetate business for 10 years where he nurtured a profitable bio-based business with a pipeline of new products. Paul has been MD of Biome Bioplastics for 10 years.

Tony Longdon

Tony Longdon trained as a physical chemist at Imperial College before working for Courtaulds, AKZO NOBEL and Celanese in a range of research, and later technical and project management roles within commercial businesses. His areas of experience include cellulose esters for fibres and thermoplastics, material properties, solvent spinning of fibres and films, technical textiles, reinforcement fibres, thermoset fibre reinforced composites, films for optical applications, water soluble films, thermoplastic biopolymers, melt extrusion technologies, and melt-spun nonwovens. Tony has been Technical Director of Biome Bioplastics 2010 onwards.

Daniel Arnillas

Daniel Arnillas is a graduate in physical chemistry and holds a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) in plastic and rubber transformation. His background is in rotational moulding as well as other industrial thermoplastic and rubber transformation techniques. In 2009, he joined the technical department of Biome Bioplastics where he has been developing tailored formulations for customers with specific needs as well as compounding these formulations at lab and industrial scale.

Maria Gomis

Maria Gomis is a chemist with experience in Materials Science, Biochemistry, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry. She works for Biome’s R&D department where she is involved in the development of new products and applications. She is also involved in the Biome’s UK and EU biotechnology projects.

Nydia Badillosampedro

Nydia Badillosampedro is a chemical engineer with work experience within quality control environment (food and plastics). She is involved in Biome’s R&D projects in new resin development and product testing.

Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner

Krisztina Kovacs-Schreiner, Project and Business Development Manager, has an extensive network and profound experience in the UK biochemical, biopharma and sustainability sectors. She holds and MEng and MRes in Biochemical Engineering and applied research. She manages the company’s £4.5 million UK and EU projects.

Role in GENIALG

Biome plays a role in WP4 (Seaweed biorefinery prototype design and implementation) and WP5 (Market validation and life-cycle analysis).