About us

We're on a mission

Innovatium is a pioneering climate technology company specialising in advanced energy storage solutions. Our mission is to develop and deploy technology solutions that will help energy-intensive industries decarbonise and move towards a sustainable, net-zero future. Here’s how we will make this happen:

Meet the team

Simon Branch CEO

Simon Branch

Founder and Executive Director

Over 20 years experience in engineering and commercial business development where he has held senior roles for national and international compressor and technology businesses. Simon acts in an advisory capacity to a number of leading research organisations.

Brian Jack Exec Chairman

Brian Jack

CEO

Brian has over 20 years’ experience in investment and capital markets and has held senior leadership roles in banking and investment management. Brian is an industry award winner and has a 1st Class Honours in Mechanical Engineering.

Dr Adrian Alford CTO

Dr Adrian Alford

Chief Technology Officer

Adrian is a founding member of Innovatium with over 25 years engineering experience, specialising in thermodynamic design. He is a Fellow & Chartered Engineer with the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, is a named inventor on 10 patents and has had 10 peer papers published.

Technical, Sales & Operations

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Dr Craig Smith

Head of Engineering

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Steve Brownless

Operations Manager

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Jo Branch

Office Manager

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Aleksandrs Larmans

Product Development Engineer

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Ewan Millan

Product Development Engineer

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Ciaran McManus

Graduate Research Engineer

Our partners

Innovatium has a long history of building strategic partnerships. As an SME technology developer, we work with partners developing a “virtual organisation” around our core technology development and commercial activities. This provides the skills and experience needed from our partner subject matter experts giving Innovatium the ability to deliver high value technology developments and new products.

Our history

Innovatium pioneers low-carbon technology through innovation and sustainability. Our timeline highlights key milestones in our journey to reduce emissions, improve energy efficiency, and drive a cleaner industrial future.

2017
Innovatium was established by Dr Adrian Alford and Simon Branch
2018
BEIS and carbon trust grant fund
We were awarded £650K grant funding by BEIS & Carbon Trust

We also registered a patent for PRISMA.

2020
We filed 3 patents covering 40+ countries
2021
Innovation signs a Heads of Terms Agreement with a global OEM
2022
We completed a successful demonstrator project at Aggregate Industries
2023
Innovatium was crowned Winner of Sustainable Innovation of the Year at the edie Net-Zero Awards
2024
Further investment secured from our existing investors and from Mattei Group and Glacier Energy
2025
Add Innovatium’s PRISMA wins Net Zero Innovators Award