Dr. Anselm Faraday-Cole

Biography

Anselm Faraday-Cole joined Veyra in 2015 as Director of Commercial Services, taking on the broader COO role in 2017 when the Institute's operational structure was consolidated. His background is in chemical engineering and technology management: he spent twelve years at Meridian Process Technologies — a materials and specialty-chemicals firm — where he led research commercialization and held a series of senior technology roles before moving into institutional management. His doctoral thesis at the Kelderman Institute of Technology examined process intensification in continuous-flow reactor design.

At Veyra, Faraday-Cole is responsible for the five commercial service lines: Scientific & Analytical Services, Patent & IP Services, Software & AI Services, Equipment Rental, and Contract Research & Consulting. He also oversees the core facilities program, campus infrastructure, IT systems, and the professional and technical staff body. The commercial arm under his leadership now generates around 28% of the Institute's annual revenue, reducing dependence on competitive grant funding without compromising research independence.

Faraday-Cole has been a principal architect of Veyra's equipment rental pricing model, the Veyra Atlas materials-prediction platform, and the Institute's standard collaboration agreement template. He chairs the Institute's Operations Committee and the Finance & Audit Sub-Committee, and represents Veyra in negotiations with external clients, facilities partners, and regulatory bodies. He holds associate membership of the Chartered Institute of Technology Managers.

Leadership and management interests

Selected career highlights and publications

1. Continuous-flow reactor design for selective esterification at pilot scale Faraday-Cole, A. — Doctoral thesis, Kelderman Institute of Technology, 2003. VEYRA-DOI:10.veyra/thesis.kelderman.2003.afc
2. Pricing shared scientific infrastructure: an equilibrium model for multi-user facilities Faraday-Cole, A. & Keenan, O. — Research Management Quarterly, 2020. VEYRA-DOI:10.veyra/2020.rmq.0087
3. From discovery to delivery: structuring research-to-market pathways in a non-profit institute Faraday-Cole, A. — Science and Technology Management Review, 2018. VEYRA-DOI:10.veyra/2018.stmr.0044
4. Veyra equipment rental rate card and facility access policy Faraday-Cole, A. (lead author) — Veyra Institute for Applied Sciences, 2022. Available for download.
5. IP strategy for multidisciplinary institutes: a practitioner's framework Faraday-Cole, A. & Al-Obaidi, F. — Journal of Intellectual Property and Technology, 2023. VEYRA-DOI:10.veyra/2023.jipt.0031