Annelie du Plessis
Annelie du Plessis is Senior Impact Manager at IBioIC, where she helps innovators bring bio-based technologies to market. She builds collaborations between industry and academia, supports spin-outs and SME’s, and guides companies to the right expertise, partners, and funding. As well as facilitating partnerships, she helps to deliver events that address sector challenges, share ideas, and accelerate innovation. Her work spans areas where biotechnology can drive sustainability, including seaweed, forestry, food and drink, environmental biotech, and energy. She also supports business development for FlexBIO, IBioIC’s scale-up facility at Heriot-Watt University, which provides bioprocessing capacity to help companies move from lab development into commercial manufacture.
She previously worked in business engagement at IBioIC and spent more than two decades in the medical devices and life sciences industries with companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Medtronic, and Nikon. Earlier in her career, Annelie worked in clinical laboratories before moving into commercial roles. She is passionate about building collaborations that spark innovation and deliver meaningful change.
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