- Ed Marshall has also been appointed as Head of Commercialisation.
Superdielectrics today announces the appointment of Shelley Brown as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) effective from 6 October 2025.
Dr Brown holds a PhD in Electrochemical Engineering and joins Superdielectrics from Zinc, a London-based venture builder and early-stage investor that focuses on creating and scaling science-for-impact companies aimed at addressing some of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges. Dr Brown spent the last year at Zinc as Managing Director where she was part of the leadership and investment team with responsibilities for end-to-end deal flow and fundraising.
Prior to joining Zinc, Shelley Brown worked as the Battery Technology Adviser for bp, before becoming Chief of Staff to the Senior Vice President (SVP) of Launchpad & Ventures. In this role, Dr Brown supported the SVP as part of the leadership team to bring together and lead bp’s incubator, growth accelerator (Launchpad) and capabilities in venture capital, technology commercialisation, intellectual asset management and technology insights to create a world-class innovation engine. Other previous experience includes Technology and Business Development Director of Battery Materials at Johnson Matthey plc, a listed British multinational specialist chemicals and sustainable technologies company, Manager in Technology and Innovation at AGL Energy, a leading listed Australian energy company and CEO of VSPC, an Australian startup scaling novel process technology to manufacture battery materials.
With a 20-year career spanning technology, energy and ventures, Dr Brown’s experience is complementary to Superdielectrics’ growth objectives and ambition to bring the Faraday technology to market.
Superdielectrics has also bolstered its team with the appointment of Ed Marshall as Head of Commercialisation. Dr Marshall holds a PhD in Polymer Chemistry and has a strong background in innovative technology commercialisation. He founded Plaxica in 2010, a bioplastics company that raised more than £20m in venture capital investment. Once Plaxica was acquired by the multinational manufacturing firm Sappi, Ed Marshall led its Biotech R&D team for over 5 years. Dr Marshall came to his new role at Superdielectrics from the Technology Transfer Office of the University of Cambridge where he was a Senior Business development Manager. As Head of Commercialisation, Dr Marshall will work closely with Dr Brown in developing a novel energy storage solution suitable for home use alongside other exciting potential innovative energy solutions for the grid.
Jane Hunter, CEO, said:
“I’m delighted that Shelley and Ed have joined Superdielectrics as part of our management team. Superdielectrics is a true innovator when it comes to the energy transition and having Shelley’s expertise in scaling battery storage technology and Ed’s knowledge of polymer technology and commercialisation is a perfect combination of skills to take us to that next stage in our exciting growth journey.”
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