Trevor Stuthridge is Managing Director for Cetogenix - a New Zealand start-up clean technology company focused on developing sustainable solutions to tackle climate change at a global scale by converting organic waste streams to added value bioenergy, biofertilizer and biomaterials using advanced chemical processing and biotechnology.
He has extensive New Zealand and international executive and governance experience in R&D, innovation, and technology commercialisation in the primary industries, bioeconomy and clean technologies sectors, including as Research Director for AgResearch, Executive Vice President for FPInnovations (world’s largest not-for-profit forestry sector research organization) and as General Manager of Sustainable Design at NZ forestry-focused Crown Research Institute, Scion.
He has led deployment of 9 technology spin-out platforms, served as Chair/Director for 13 Boards, and been a strategic advisor for 12 industry/academic research consortia since 2010. He is also an Adjunct Professor at University of British Columbia and University of Toronto, and Executive-in-Residence for the British Columbia Foresight CleanTech Accelerator.