Hasan is an IPC-certified and PhD-qualified Innovation and Growth Specialist with over 16 years of R&D Engineering, Project Management and Business Development experience (in both Academia and Industry) within the UK and abroad. His professional experience ranges across a number of industries and applications including Renewable Energy, Net Zero, Embedded Systems, Smart Systems and IoT, and Nanotechnology.

Hasan is happy working with pre-start-ups, SMEs, and large multinationals, and his current Innovate UK Business Growth clients work across a wide range of sectors including Semiconductors, Renewables and Decarbonisation, Eco-construction, Advanced Manufacturing, Agri-tech, and Creative Industries.

In one sentence, what do you do at BIC?

I specialise in empowering tech businesses to develop and manage their innovations, access funding and finance, and scale up in competitive markets globally.

What’s something that has surprised you about your chosen career path?

The vast array of growth support available to SMEs across the local and national ecosystem.

What advice would you give your past self?

Don’t stress over the small stuff and always look at the bigger picture.

In your opinion, what is the biggest development within your industry in the past 3 years?

The emergence of AI and the limitless possibilities it brings to revolutionise our lives.

What is your favourite quote?

“If you don’t know where you are going, then it doesn’t matter which path you take.” Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland.