Dr Stephen Mahon, CIO

Dr Steve Mahon was the co-founder of Low Carbon Accelerator and has had a successful career in commercialising low carbon technologies with over 15 years in the sector and a track record in selecting and managing high growth low carbon companies, both in the private and public markets. He combines a detailed understanding across a wide range of clean technologies with the first hand experience of growing early stage businesses and delivering shareholder returns having been involved in the investment or management of over 25 businesses.

Steve is the investor director representing LCA on the Boards of Sterling Planet, Quantasol, RLtec, Vaperma and EcoSolids International.

Prior to joining LCI, Steve had been a main Board member of Pursuit Dynamics plc, during which it was the top performing small cap engineering stock on AIM; and of Sentec Ltd, the smart grid technology specialist, that became one of the fastest growing technology companies in Europe. Steve started his career in Qinetiq and managed a business unit commercialising advanced materials. He has a first class degree and PhD in Geophysics and Planetary Physics.