About Us

Cibus was founded on a simple belief: the way we produce food must change.

Our most vital industry, the one that sustains us, also drives over a quarter of global emissions and shapes everything from human health to food security, poverty, and migration.

However, within this challenge lies extraordinary possibility. We can build a food economy that is net-zero aligned, circular rather than linear and regenerative not extractive.

One that decouples growth from resource use and restores the natural biosphere upon which we all depend.

Rob Appleby, Founder & CIO

At Cibus, we invest in the innovators leading this transformation; whose business models, technologies, and stewardship make them catalysts for change. We have taken a uniquely holistic approach to investing in Food and Agriculture:

Cibus Fund

Mid-Market Private
Equity
&
Real Asset Farming

Cibus Enterprise

Agri-Food Tech
Venture Capital

Cibus Carbon

Carbon
Sequestration
&
Natural Capital

Cibus Foundation

Non-Profit
Sustainability

Investment Advisory Team

The Cibus team combines deep experience in finance with hands-on knowledge of farming; a rare blend that bridges two worlds and drives our mission to build a more sustainable global food system.

Alastair Cooper

Alastair Cooper

Head of Venture

Alastair is a member of the Cibus Capital Investment Advisory Committee and Head of Venture. Prior to joining Cibus Capital, Alastair spent 18 years Investment Banking, 16 years of which were at Morgan Stanley, within the Equity Division, as a Managing Director based in London and Hong Kong. Upon leaving Morgan Stanley in 2002, Alastair attended The Royal Agricultural University and has managed his own mixed organic farm since. As an active private investor, Alastair has made numerous investments within renewable energy and agriculture. Alastair holds a BSc in Zoology from Exeter University, England.

London UK
Annie Rainsford

Annie Rainsford

General Counsel

Annie joined Cibus Capital in 2016 and is General Counsel with a focus on the Cibus funds and Cibus Managed Accounts. Annie was previously General Counsel at Motion Equity Partners (formerly Cognetas) and Bluefield Partners. Annie qualified as a lawyer at Ashurst in 2000 having studied law at Guildford Law School after reading Economics at Durham University

London UK
Archie Burgess

Archie Burgess

Investment Director

Archie is an Investment Director dedicated to Venture investments. Prior to Cibus Capital, Archie was an investment banking associate at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in London where he worked as part of the Industrials Group. Archie holds a Master’s degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.

London UK
Catherine Griggs

Catherine Griggs

Consultant Director of Fund Operations London

Catherine is a consultant Director of Fund Operations at Cibus Capital LLP and a director of the Cibus Funds’ General Partners. Prior to joining Cibus in April 2025, she was Managing Director of Stenham Asset Management in Guernsey for 12 years. She has over 35 years of experience in the fund of funds and hedge fund business, both in London and Guernsey.

Catherine holds a B.A. in Accounting & Finance from the University of West of England and is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants. She holds the Institute of Directors’ Diploma in Company Direction.

London UK
Damon Petrie

Damon Petrie

Consultant Investment Director

Damon is a Consultant Investment Director at Cibus Capital responsible for the Australian and New Zealand agricultural strategy. Damon is a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Australia and New Zealand and holds a Bachelor of Business from The University of New England. He has spent the last 12 years in Audit, Financial Reporting and Taxation in both public practice and commercial enterprises, predominately in the agriculture sector. In his previous role, Damon was responsible for the formation, integration and sale of a beef supply chain, comprising of Sanger Australia and Bindaree Beef.

Sydney, Australia
Ella Exley

Ella Exley

Impact Analyst

Ella is an Impact Analyst at Cibus Capital. She joined as ESG Intern in September 2023 after completing her Master’s Degree in Environmental Technology at Imperial College London, where she specialised in Business and the Environment. Ella holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Geography from University College London and has previous work experience in sustainable investment consultancy at Isio, a pensions advisory firm.

London UK
Fred Appleby

Fred Appleby

Head of Operations

Fred is Head of Operations at Cibus Capital with focus on marketing, IT and administration. Fred joined the company in 2013 as an Intern and has been working closely with the investment team in London to manage the current portfolio, aid in raising new funds and analyse and model investment opportunities. He was previously employed at TBWA and Montier Partners.

London UK
Georgia Muskett

Georgia Muskett

Investor Relations Analyst

Georgia is an Investor Relations Analyst at Cibus Capital. She joined in July 2024, having previously worked as an Implementation Consultant at FolioMetrics, an alternative asset focused CRM provider. Georgia has an Integrated Master’s Degree in Natural Sciences from Exeter University, where she specialised in Physics and Computer Science.

London UK
Georgina Thomas

Georgina Thomas

Head of Impact

Georgina is Head of Impact at Cibus Capital. Prior to joining, Georgina was a Senior Associate for Worthstone, an impact investment consultancy and has also developed and implemented sustainability strategies for multiple start-up businesses. Georgina has a Master’s Degree in Climate Change, Finance and Management from Imperial College London and a BSc in Geology from Durham University.

London UK
Hugo Kelly

Hugo Kelly

Senior Investment Associate

Hugo joined Cibus Capital as a Senior Investment Associate in June 2021 from Greenhill & Co. where he spent five years working in the M&A and Restructuring teams in London and New York. Hugo received a BA in MML, later promoted to an MA by seniority, from the University of Cambridge and speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish.

London UK
Jason Silm

Jason Silm

Head of Agriculture

Jason is Head of Agriculture and a member of the Cibus Capital Investment Advisory Committee. Jason has over 20 years of experience in agribusiness investment in both developed and emerging markets throughout Australia, Brazil, China, Europe and CIS. Prior to joining Cibus, Jason was based in Moscow as Head of Agribusiness Investments and Senior Investment Director for VTB Capital Private Equity. Prior to VTB, Jason was Global Head of Operations and Division Director at Macquarie Agricultural Funds Management with AUM and commitments of AUD 1.06bn across beef, sheep, grains, dairy, forestry and horticulture assets in Australia and Brazil. Jason holds a Bachelor of Business degree from Charles Sturt University, Australia.

London UK
Jeremy Alun-Jones

Jeremy Alun-Jones

Chief Operating Officer

Jeremy Alun-Jones is Cibus Capital’s COO with oversight of operations, valuations, finance and risk management. He joined the company in March 2014 after many years as an investment analyst and hedge fund assessor. Previously he developed and sold a fund of hedge fund business, Montier Asset Management, to Stenham Asset Management where he became Group Managing Director of their Hedge Fund Division. Prior to that he spent many years as an equity research analyst following the retail and later, telecom industries. Jeremy was educated at Oxford University, England where he received a MA in Human Sciences

London UK
Louis Matovu

Louis Matovu

Investment Analyst, London

Louis initially joined Cibus as an intern in 2022, working predominantly with the mid-market team. In 2023 he joined the Cibus team on a full-time basis as an Analyst in a generalist capacity. Prior to Cibus, Louis did a summer internship with Credit Suisse and has a graduated from UCL with BA in History.

London UK
Manuel Vilches

Manuel Vilches

Investment Associate

Manuel joined Cibus Capital as part of his MBA in early 2023 and is now a full-time Investment Associate. Prior to joining Cibus, Manuel worked in Strategy & Operations Consulting as a Manager (Roland Berger, Efficio). Throughout his MBA, Manuel gained experience in both private and public markets through internships with Henko Partners, a Private Equity fund in Spain, and CDAM, a London-based investment management firm. Manuel holds a BSc and MSc in Electrical Engineering from ICAI – Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Spain, and an MBA from the London Business School (LBS). Manuel is Fluent in English and Spanish.

London UK
Neha Bhudia

Neha Bhudia

Investment Analyst

Neha is an Investment Analyst at Cibus Capital. Prior to joining Cibus, Neha worked as an Investment Banking Analyst at Jefferies, in the UK Investment Banking team. Neha graduated with First Class Honours in Biochemical Engineering from University College London.

London UK
Olga Teteruk

Olga Teteruk

Consultant Senior Investment Associate

Olga is a Consultant Senior Investment Associate at Cibus Capital.  Previously, Olga was engaged in a one-year trainee program at Robert Bosch Ltd. She holds a Master’s degree in Finance and Credit from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine. Olga is a CFA charterholder and passed the CFA UK Certificate in ESG Investing in 2020.

Kyiv
Priyesh Malavia

Priyesh Malavia

Financial Controller

Priyesh is an Accounting and Finance Graduate and a Part Qualified ACCA student who has amassed experience in the industry sector. He started his career in public practice gaining experience in Accounts, Tax and Audit to later move into the industry sector and further his experience in Fund Administration. Before joining Cibus Capital, he worked for a company providing a mix of debt and equity property development investment opportunities to global institutional investors.

London UK
Robert Appleby

Robert Appleby

Founder and Chief Investment Officer

Robert Appleby is the Founder and Chief Investment Officer at Cibus Capital, a London-based private equity platform, looking for investment opportunities in the food and agricultural arena.

In the last 23 years, Rob has invested in emerging and developed economies across Oceania, Asia and Europe.  Prior to founding Cibus, Rob was a co-founder and joint-CIO of ADM Capital Hong Kong and Director of the ADM Capital Foundation, a charitable organisation established in 2006 promoting environmental conservation. Before establishing ADM Capital, Rob spent 13 years at Lehman Brothers working in Fixed Income Sales and Trading in London and New York before moving to Singapore as Head of Fixed Income, Currencies and Derivatives.

In his personal life, Rob is a keen birdwatcher and passionate regenerative farmer with biodiversity, wilding and woodland projects on his Dorset farm. Rob was educated at St Peters College, Oxford where he received a BA degree in Zoology and Anthropology (later promoted to an MA by seniority).

London UK
Susie Harrison

Susie Harrison

Office Coordinator

Susie joined Cibus Capital in 2015. She is the ‘go to’ person in the office and is responsible for all office administration, accounts and is the Executive Assistant to the Partners/ Directors. Previously she has run her own property search company and worked for a number of HNWI’s co-ordinating all aspects of their lives.

London UK
Terence Ngwerume

Terence Ngwerume

Consultant Investment Analyst

Terence is an Investment Analyst focusing on investment and lending opportunities in Australia and New Zealand. Prior to joining Cibus Capital in September 2021, Terence was a Manager in EY’s Transactions and Corporate Finance team in Sydney where he worked with a broad base of institutional investors and private equity funds through the deal cycle. Prior to this, Terence was a Governance and Investor Oversight Analyst with Trustees Executors in New Zealand. Terence started his career as an Auditor with KPMG New Zealand. Terence holds a Bachelor of Business Studies from Massey University, a Graduate Diploma in Commerce from Auckland University and is due to complete his Master of Finance in 2021 with Massey University, New Zealand. Terence is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand.

Sydney, Australia
Tom Ritchie

Tom Ritchie

Investment Director

Tom joined Cibus Capital in September 2021 as an Investment Director.  He previously worked at Rabobank, where he gained 10 years’ experience in F&A investing, ultimately working for the Rabo Food and Agri Innovation Fund where he had a particular focus on impact investing, providing capital to disruptive food and agri start-ups.  Tom holds a BSc in Economics and Business from Exeter University.

London UK
Tarquin Stephenson

Tarquin Stephenson

Venture Associate

Tarquin initially joined the Cibus team as an Intern in 2019 and joined the Cibus venture team on a full time basis in 2020. Tarquin holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from the University of Oxford, where he specialised in environmental technology.

London UK