Announcement • Nov 27
Seed Innovations Limited Announces Board Appointments
SEED Innovations Limited announced, further to its announcement of 18 July 2025 and Shareholders' approval of the Company's new investing policy, a series of board appointments as the Company enters the next phase of its strategic evolution focused on giving investors access to high-growth robotics and AI ventures that are typically beyond the reach of everyday investors. Jim Mellon has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman, while Denham Eke and Sir James Bucknall have been appointed as Non-Executive Directors with immediate effect. Luke Cairns, Interim Chair, reverts to his previous role as a Non-Executive Director. Jim Mellon, a highly respected investor and entrepreneur, has a distinguished track record across biotechnology, clean food, property, banking, mining, and hospitality. A graduate in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University, Jim began his career in fund management with GT and Thornton in Asia and the U.S. before co-founding Regent Pacific Group Limited, listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where he remains Executive Chair. Through his family office, Burnbrae Group Limited, he focuses on disruptive technologies and holds leadership roles in Agronomics, Juvenescence, Bradda Head, and Manx Financial Group. He is also a published author and founder of the Mellon Longevity Centre at Oxford University. DenhamEke is Managing Director of Burnbrae Group Limited, a private international asset management firm. He began his career in stockbroking at Sheppards & Chase before moving into corporate planning at Hogg Robinson plc, a global insurance broker. Denham brings decades of board-level experience across listed and private companies operating in financial services, property, mining, life sciences, biotech, clean food, and manufacturing. Sir James Bucknall, a former Lieutenant General in the British Army, brings more than three decades of high-level leadership and strategic experience. He served as Commander of NATO's Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and Deputy Commander of Coalition Forces Afghanistan. Following his military career, he became CEO of Weybourne Ltd, the family office of Sir James Dyson, overseeing a multibillion-pound portfolio spanning financial investments, agriculture, and real estate. James (‘Jim’) Mellon, aged 68, holds or has previously held the following directorships: Current directorships and/or partnerships: Acruity Limited, Agronomics Investment Holdings Limited, Agronomics Limited, Albany Management Limited, Altex Limited, American Federation of Aging Research, Big Group Limited, Bradda Head International Limited, Bradda Head Limited, Bradda Head Lithium Limited, Buck Institute for Research on Aging, Burnbrae Germany East GmbH, Burnbrae Sachsen GmbH, Calabrese Holdings Limited, Clean Air Capital Limited, Clean Meat Limited, Clean Food Group Limited, Compedica Holdings Limited, Good Dog Food Limited, IC Technology (UK) Limited, J2 Music Limited, Juvenescence Limited, LyGenesis Inc., Mann Bio Pathfinder Limited, Mann Bioinvest (BVI) Limited, Mann Bioinvest Limited, New Agrarian Company Limited, Podenco Global Limited, Powered Future Limited, Regent Pacific Group Limited, SABR Holdings Ltd, SalvaRx Group Limited, SalvaRx Group PLC, SalvaRx Limited, Shellbay Investments Limited, Sleepwell Hotels (UK) Limited, Sleepwell Hotels Limited, The Longevity Forum Limited, Titec (BVI) Limited, Waterfront Limited, Webis Holdings PLC, Winter Limited, Wolseley Managers Limited. Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years): Binary Group Ltd, Binary Investments (Europe) Limited, Binary Limited, Biogerontology Research Foundation, Calabrese Holdings Limited, Compedica Limited, Condor Gold Plc, Extreme Opportunities Limited, Fast Forward Innovations Limited, Ferrum Limited, Fixed-Odds Capital (Cook Islands) Ltd, Global Glory Investment Limited, Insilico Medicine Cayman Subco, Insilico Medicine Cayman Topco, Insilico Medicine Hong Kong Limited, Insilico Medicine Inc., Interman (Hong Kong) Limited, Plethora Solutions Holdings plc, Portage Biotech, Inc, Regent Corporate Finance Limited, Regent Fund Management (Asia) Limited, Regent Fund Management Limited, Regent Metals Holdings Limited, Shaanxi Red Dragon Resources Ltd, Speymill Deutsche Immobilien plc, Speymill Property Group (UK) Limited, Wielandstrasse 5 Objekt GmbH. Denham Hervey Newall Eke, aged 73, holds or has previously held the following directorships: Agronomics Limited, Albany Management Limited, Albany SIAG Development GbR, Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 1 GbR, Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 11 GbR, Albany SIAG Gerwerbe 111 Gb r, Albany SIAG Wohnen 1 GbR, Albany SIAG Wohnen 11 GbR, Arundel Services Limited, B.E. Global Services Limited, Beacon Rise Holdings Plc, betInternet.com (IOM) Limited, betInternet.com NV, Big Group PLC, Big Save Limited, Billing Services Group PLC, Blue Star Business Solutions Limited, Bradda Head Lithium Limited, BMIP Limited, Burnbrae Belgium Limited, Burnbrae Events Limited, Burnbrae Germany GmbH, Burnbrae Group Limited, Burnbrae Media Holdings Limited, Burnbrae Media Investments Limited, Clean Air Capital Services Limited, Clean Meat (UK) Limited, Clean Sir Services Limited, Compedica Limited, Conister Bank Limited, Conister Card Services Limited,, Mann Bio Pathfinder Advisors Limited, Manx Collections Limited, Manx Financial Group PLC, Manx Financial Limited, Manx Incahoot Limited, Manx Ventures Limited, MFX Limited, Master Investor Limited, UK, Sleepwell Hotels Limited, Softline Distribution Limited, Softline Ltd, Softline UK Limited, Stonehaven Properties Limited, Technical Facilities & Services Limited, Teviot Company Limited, The Executive Club Limited, Transabank Card Services Limited, Transbank Limited, TransSend Card Services Limited, TransSend Holdings Limited, TransSend Payments Limited, Troon Properties Limited, Watch&Wager.com Limited, Watch&Wager.com LLC, Webis Holdings PLC, Wyatt Limited, Calabrese Holdings Limited, Siag Siebenunddzwangiste Wohnen GmbH & Co.KG, Wolseley Managers Limited, Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years): Beckley Psytech Limited, Condor Gold PLC, Good Dog Food Limited, Speymill PLC, West African Minerals Corporation. Sir James Jeffrey Corfield Bucknall, aged 66, holds or has previously held the following directorships: Current directorships and/or partnerships: Ellen Agro Limited, Everley Partners LLP, Gresham's School, Scott Capital Partners LLP, Former directorships and/or partnerships (within the last five years): New Beeswax Dyson Farming Limited, Weybourne Investments Nominees Limited, Weybourne Investments Holdings, Weybourne Finance Limited, Weybourne Investments Ltd, Deirdre Dyson Carpets Ltd, Blooming (Jersey) Limited, Weybourne Corporate Trustee Limited, Equinox Corporate Trustee Limited, Dyson Technical Training Limited, Weybourne Limited, Weybourne Properties Limited, Dodington Commercial Properties Limited, Weybourne Management Limited, Dyson Farming Limited.
