Stephanie Mathern
Business Advisor
Stephanie is passionate about creating change to make farming practices more healthy and sustainable. She is particularly interested in innovative technologies that can help farmers improve soil and animal health which in turn leads to healthier humans and achieves sustainability in the food supply chain.
After a 20 year career in investment banking, she began investing in start-ups and small businesses in various industries from eco-friendly shoes to wine. In 2019 she launched AgVenturesUK to focus solely on agriculture and aquaculture innovation. Her ambition here is to help launch and support businesses that will make a substantive impact on sustainable farming.
Stephanie has held several board positions in her investments, where she learned about the many challenges founders can face when taking a business from an idea to a sustainable profitable business. From this experience, she strongly values fostering open communication, building the right team and establishing ethical practices throughout an organisation.
She is an active supporter of the Soil Association as well as her local community where she develops policies on local greening initiatives as a member of the Spitalfields Neighbourhood Planning Forum.
Stephanie is American but has made the U.K. her home for the last 22 years. She holds an undergraduate degree from Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA from Columbia University.
If you are a Farm491 member, please contact Sarah to book in time with Stephanie.
Contact Sarah for an introduction: sarah.carr@rau.ac.uk
