Fermentation, Biofuels, Specialty Chemicals, Nutraceuticals, Biotechnology Assessment & Development, Scale-up, Risk Mitigation, Commercialization

Dr. Panteloglou holds a Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Fermentation Technology (University of Nottingham, UK) and an executive MBA (Edhec Business School, FR). He has 15 years’ overall international experience in industrial biotechnology, ranging from R&D to pilot to commercial scale, with a successful track record leading diverse teams and managing complex projects.

He started his professional career as a Fermentation Scientist in 2005 at Campden-BRi (UK), later joining Novozymes Biopharma (UK) as a Fermentation Engineer leading the development of an automated micro-bioreactor. Apostolos then moved to DuPont Industrial Biosciences (UK) as a Process Development Lead accountable for Butamax’s (a BP & DuPont JV) bio-butanol pilot plant fermentation experimental plan and for the development of its commercial propagation fermentation technology, mitigating technology risks related to scale-up and accelerated commercialization.

Subsequently, he worked as a Team Leader in Bioprocessing at Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BE), managing international collaborations in CDMO space, and for Cargill’s Global Manufacturing Technology Organization. At Cargill, Apostolos led the launch of a new to the world process (EverSweetTM) in a toller ahead of competition, assisting later on in the start-up of Cargill’s and DSM’s new commercial plant (US), and headed its EU ethanol fermentation technology in 5 plants, working on governance/best practices and leading innovation and continuous improvement projects. He also acted as a subject matter expert in early-phase projects with bio-R&D, developed an external manufacturing network with CDMOs, and led a market research project in the bio-industrial sector.

More recently, Apostolos was a New Business Development Manager CDMO at Arxada (CH), a Business Developer and Industrial Partnerships Manager at Toulouse White Biotechnology CRO (FR), and a Business Development & Sales Manager at EV Biotech CRO (NL) providing customized solutions (strain engineering and optimization, technology development, technology transfer, scale-up & production) in Food & Nutrition, Personal Care, Nutraceuticals, Alternative Protein, and Specialty Chemical sectors. Contact Apostolos.