Tom graduated with an MEng in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham in 2011. As a student he completed a year’s placement with PepsiCo in an R&D role focused on potato chip quality. Following graduation he joined United Biscuits (now Pladis Global) in an ingredients development role to gain a foundation in industrial baking, snack technologies and ingredient functionality.

In 2014, Tom joined PepsiCo’s regional R&D team as process engineer focusing on the commercialisation of baked snacks across Europe. More recently Tom moved to their Global Snacks Process team and is involved in the development of novel snacks technologies. In his spare time Tom enjoys a number of outdoor and mountain activities.