Meet the Team

Meet some members of the Trinity Team

  • Dr Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny

    Dr Hosein Khajeh-Hosseiny

    Founder and Executive Chairman

    Hosein is a private equity investor, VC, & philanthropist in the UK and California. He’s been a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company for the past 25 years, has a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Hosein is a Trustee of several prestigious organisations including The Royal Agricultural Society of England and The National Oceanography Centre.

  • Professor Jonathan Hillier

    Professor Jonathan Hillier

    Managing Director of Science

    Jon was the original developer of Cool Farm Tool. He also led the development of AHDB’s Carbon Decision Tool. He is a member of the EU Nitrogen Expert Panel and Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security.

  • Dr Alasdair Sykes

    Dr Alasdair Sykes

    Managing Director of Sustainability

    Alasdair was Chief Scientific Officer and lead developer for Agrecalc and systems modeller for SRUC. His work continues to support decision making by DEFRA and the Scottish Government.

  • Anna Woodley

    Anna Woodley

    Managing Director of Business Development

    Anna has held senior roles at industry leading organisations including Agrimetrics and Proagrica. Anna specialises in Farm Management Data Systems. She has a degree in commercial horticulture and studied business innovation with the University of Oxford. Anna’s family run a farm in Sussex.

  • Juan Palomares

    Juan Palomares

    Managing Director of European Union

    Juan is an industrial engineer by training. His career has spanned the agricultural, financial services, and renewable energy sectors, including J.P. Morgan. Juan leads Trinity’s work in the EU and in green and sustainable finance.

  • John Lord

    John Lord

    Managing Director of Partnerships

    John is an Agtech enthusiast, specializing in agronomy & farm management. With extensive global experience in the Agtech sector, his previous roles include leadership positions at Sumi Agro, DTN & Agrii. John holds qualifications in business management, agronomy and is a member of the BASIS Professional Register.

  • Louise Rix

    Louise Rix

    Customer Success Manager

    Louise has over 10 years of technical sales experience in the agricultural sector, most recently at Hummingbird Technologies. She has a Masters in Carbon Science, with her dissertation focusing on onion production. Louise’s family farm on the Essex/Suffolk border.

  • Ellie Savage

    Ellie Savage

    Partnerships & Financial Analytics Manager

    Ellie grew up in the Scottish Borders, cultivating a passion for rural landscapes. She studied Rural Enterprise and Land Management at Harper Adams University and qualified as a chartered surveyor through the rural pathway. An experienced rural property consultant, she specialises in strategically reviewing farms and estates.

  • William Cobbett

    Will Cobbett

    Customer Success Executive

    Originating from a citrus farm in South Africa, Will chose to pursue his agricultural interests in the UK and completed a degree in BSc Agriculture at the Royal Agricultural University. During his time at university, Will took up a summer internship with Bayer Crop Science - focusing on trials agronomy for new crop protection products.

  • Lachlan Fulton

    Lachlan Fulton

    Customer Success Executive

    Lachlan a great passion for sustainable agriculture. He worked on a cattle station in NSW, Australia, before attending the University of Exeter, where he graduated in Biological Sciences, specialising in Microbiology and Infectious Disease. Prior to joining Trinity, Lochie has undertaken internships at Durrell Conservation Trust and Corteva Agriscience, tackling both biodiversity and food security challenges.

  • Dr Milad Toolabi

    Dr Milad Toolabi

    Managing Director of AL/ML Advanced Analytics

    Milad leads Trinity’s cutting-edge work on AI, Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics. Skilled in Analytical Skills, Statistical Data Analysis, Management, and Data Analytics. Milad has a PhD focused in Dynamic Extended finite element method (XFEM) Analysis of discontinuous media from Imperial College London.

  • Dr Juliette Maire

    Dr Juliette Maire

    Senior Sustainability Engineer

    Juliette’s PhD explored nitrous oxide emissions from grazed grasslands. She is a remote sensing expert with foundations in agronomy, sustainable agriculture and agroecology.

  • Dr Joe Oyesiku-Blakemore

    Dr Joe Oyesiku-Blakemore

    Senior Sustainability Engineer

    Joe’s PhD explored soil carbon emissions in upland soils. His background includes environmental modelling, including soil carbon sequestration and emissions in Scottish grasslands and environmental processes in red soil is South East China.

  • Sepi Honarmand

    Sepi Honarmand

    Managing Director of Products

    Having been with Trinity since its inception, Sepi leads Trinity’s Product Team. She has a background leading product and venture capital with several world-class, award-winning start-ups in Fintech, including for Northgate Capital.

  • Professor Simon Potts

    Professor Simon Potts

    Chair of Scientific Board

    Simon is a Professor of Biodiversity & Ecosystem services, Director of the Centre for Agri-Environmental Research, Reading University, co-chair of the UN’s Thematic Assessment of Pollinators, & a member of DEFRA’s Pollinator Advisory Steering Group.

  • Wider team

    Wider team

    In addition to the core team, Trinity Agtech are supported by a network of scientists, researchers, technologists, & agriculturalists, including our 46-member scientific board.

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