EF Alumni

Yassir Al-Refaie

CEO, Seyo

Founded:

Cofounder:

Interests / background:

Design, Manufacturing

Location:

London

Cohort:

Yassir Al-Refaie holds an MSc in IC Design from Hong Kong and built distributed CPUs. He moved to Tokyo to become the youngest department lead in the company’s history, launching businesses in China and Asia, running a $1.2m annual budget and reporting to the CEO of Japan’s largest digital agency.

Company:

Seyo

Enabling autonomous machines in extreme environments without the internet.

Robert Rouse

CTO, Primordial

PhD in Environmental Science and ML at the University of Cambridge. Former climate tech founder.

Praneet Sinha

Fintech/web3 entrepreneur with 5+ yrs exp; built & scaled products in DeFi, banking & paying domain.

Noreen Wu

Repeat founder experienced in global high-end B2B design, marketing and business development.

Amine Afia

CTO, Blocktorch

KIT & INP Grenoble grad. Specialist in building & leading teams to deliver SaaS products at scale.

Dr. Leslie Dickson-Tetteh

Leslie is an MD and ex-product manager at Cera Care, he’s also an Oxford alumni with 5 publications.

Udaya Kumar

Software engineer and a second time founder with experience in tech and operations.

Adithya Narayanan

Masters from Harvard University. Strong business, commercial and design skills. Experienced leader.

Pierre Yser

Double expert in simulation and Deep Learning, PhD in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Andrew Ologunebi

Strong knowledge of design processes and tools, and experience leading fast-growing Saas products

Kit Logan

Founded a product studio at 14, winning awards for activity tracking products loved by 350k people

Michael Curtis

PhD simulating black holes, building web apps since age 12

Robin Tindale

CTO, Zeroheight

Computer scientist with versatile engineering background

Jerome de Lafargue

CEO, Zeroheight

Award-winning computer scientist with deep knowledge of the app industry

Akanksha Jagwani

Mechanical engineer, led digital product design and management teams

Jack A. Cohen

PhD in Theoretical and Computational Physics, lifelong maker and creator

Alex Reed

Degree in commerce, led creation of AI driven buying experience

Wilfried Jahn

Leading innovator in curved sensor manufacturing, PhD in electro-optical system design

Tom Walker

Worked at the cutting-edge of mathematical optimisation and on production machine learning

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Vibhas Jain

CEO, Outside Voice

Lead design teams at Indian Unicorns

Mohamed Tazi

COO, Spore Biotechnologies

Physics Engineer & 2x founder. Co-founded Gymlib, a leading B2B service solution he sold in 2022.

Firoozeh Foroughi

PhD Material Science at National University of Singapore. Specialist in Polymers and Ceramics.

Kriti Dang

Bachelors of Business. Has experience leading teams and being part of the 0-1 Journey of companies.

Amine Raji

CEO, Spore Biotechnologies

Food & Beverage manufacturing specialist. Ex corporate industrial expert at Nestlé.

Tan Ding Jie

An organic chemist-turned-food scientist, DJ is known as Singapore’s Prince of Fermentation.

Jakub Stojek

CEO, Orbital Matter

Founder of the 22nd fastest growing company in Europe @ FT 1000. Forbes 30 Under 30 Finalist.

Pierre Yser

Double expert in simulation and Deep Learning, PhD in computational fluid dynamics (CFD)

Nicolas Rasamimanana

Entrepreneur with tech background, PhD in Machine Learning

Shehroz I. Hussain

Creative leader with first-principles approach. Ex-Tesla, SpaceX, & Kepler Communications.

Reza Larimi

Background in design, control systems & automation. Multiple international patents & publications

Sivam Pillai

PhD from NUS, previously founded factory analytics startup and worked as data scientist at Siemens

Ilan Palacci

Engineer, former CPO of AI startup

Jack Reid

CEO, Unicorn Biotechnologies

Trained chemist and philosopher, experience developing and commercializing new technologies

Martin Postel

Expert in automation and optimisation for supply and production, with a PhD in AI in Manufacturing

Rishita Changede

CEO, TeOra.Life

Award-winning scientist, experience in genetic engineering, biosensors and biophysics

Jedd Cheong Jia Hao

Co-founder, Qandela

PhD in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, expert in medical imaging

Pragjyoti Samal

MBA-software engineer, experience in sales and business development in the fragrance industry

Avishek Kumar

Expert in renewable technologies with product design and manufacturing experience

Sankar Seramani

CEO, Connectify.AI

Machine learning expert and telecommunications engineer

Audrey Gayman

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer, TOffeeAM

PhD in Additive Manufacturing, expertise in robust analysis

Marco Pietropaoli

PhD in Fluid Dynamics, expertise in AI software for Additive Manufacturing.

Francesco Montomoli

PhD in Energy Engineering, Imperial College reader and REng Enterprise Fellow.

Aashish Mehta

CEO, TransferFi

Serial innovator, IoT and big analogue data expert

Ulf Bissbort

CTO, Synchronous

PhD in Theoretical Physics, experience in simulation and machine learning

Jeffrey Lee

CEO, Synchronous

Experience working at SaaS startups

Avni Agrawal

Computer science engineer, experience in big data analytics and machine learning

Akanksha Jagwani

Mechanical engineer, led digital product design and management teams

Gideon Farrell

Astrophysicist with software experience

Raphael Scheps

Trained theoretical physicist, with experience in large-scale data analytics

Abhishek Agrawal

Experience in high precision manufacturing sector

Long Hoang

Computer scientist, built machine learning models that analyse millions of transactions

Surbhi Krishna Singh

Award-winning engineer, experience in manufacturing and industrial automation

Matthew Morrison

MSc in Computer Science, experience in financial services

Mo Shana’a

Experience improving productivity in construction, implemented digital transformation

Bashir Beikzadeh

CTO, Metis Labs

Experienced software engineer with a background in electrical and electronic engineering

Alex Appelbe

CEO, Metis Labs

Mechanical engineer, experienced in factory operations and new product development

Wilfried Jahn

Leading innovator in curved sensor manufacturing, PhD in electro-optical system design

Michael Bailly

Former strategy consultant and industrial project director

Anterpreet Singh

CEO, Subconscious Compute

Proven expertise scaling tech ventures, IIM Ahmedabad alumnus

Kunal Sandeep

Co-founder, Polymerize

Industry experience in product development and management

Dr Abhijit Salvekar

Co-founder, Polymerize

Polymer scientist with expertise in Process-Structure-Property Relationships and DoE.

Lucas Lopez

CTO, Volatile AI

Award winning digital smell researcher, built cutting-edge artificial neural networks

Adomas Malaiska

Co-founder, Volatile AI

Former strategy consultant and investor, built novel AI algorithms

CJ Cassar

PhD with a focus on building augmented and virtual reality tools for engineers

Chris Whitehead

Former systems engineer and technology specialist, experience in B2B sales

Christos Ellinas

CTO, Nodes and Links

Award-winning researched in Complex Systems

Greg Lawton

CEO, Nodes & Links

Astrophysicist with experience managing defence programmes and in BAE systems

Tawfiq Nasr Allah

Developed breakthrough methods for converting CO2 into chemicals

Benoit Illy

Award-winning PhD in Nanotechnology, scaled projects from the lab to industrial success

Dennis Xenos

Expert in optimisation and data analytics for industrial applications.

Jamie Potter

Mathematics and statistics expert

Vasileios Katranidis

PhD in Digital Manufacturing, developed first predictive software tool for thermal spray coatings

Nagmanjunath Shivakumar

CEO, PakkaProfile

Deep understanding of talent acquisition

Dr. Mohammad H. D.A. Farahani

Entrepreneurial scientist, PhD in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Pramod Ghadge

CEO, Unbox Robotics

Master's in Industrial & Systems Engineering from NUS

Shahid Memon

CTO, Unbox Robotics

MSc in Autonomous Robotics Engineering, experienced in AI and robotics

Leopold Spenner

MSc Industrial Engineering, expert in cement and concrete industries

Robert Meyer

PhD in Machine Learning

Theo Saville

Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineer, background in metals 3D printing

Chris Emery

Engineer programming since age 12, expert in 3D graphics and high-performance computing