Our Team
We are a diverse and highly experienced team – deep experts in our fields and united in our focus of driving innovation and outcomes for corporates.
We have proven track records in cross sector open innovation, entrepreneurship, and venture building. Bringing connections from global innovation ecosystems, a proprietary database of start-ups for founder talent scouting and powerful cross-sector contacts.
/Richard Heggie
Richard is the founding partner of H Catalyst. He is passionate about innovation, regeneration (sustainability is no longer good enough), and value creation. Richard brings 25 years of Tier 1 Finance experience alongside a proven track record in corporate and cross sector innovation. A brief selection of his achievements includes pioneering and implementing Barclays award winning High Growth & Entrepreneurs segment; scaling a platform to support innovators and entrepreneurs across the UK; and, delivering an open innovation platform in the smart manufacturing sector across USA, Europe, and Asia. Richard is an Honorary Associate in Entrepreneurship at Cambridge Judge Business School.
“I don’t often receive proposals for things that I haven’t thought of already, H Catalyst provided that.”
/ Paolo Guglielmini / COO / Hexagon AB /