Leadership Team

We’re an award-winning team of innovators that believe in the power of AI to reduce waste.

Alex Appelbe

CEO & Co-founder
Alex serves as the co-founder and CEO at Metis Labs where he brings a strong manufacturing domain knowledge. Previously he was at GKN where he held responsibilities for both factory operations, for new product development, and for bringing innovation onto the factory floor. Alex holds both an MEng from Bristol University and an MPhil in Industrial Systems from Cambridge University.

Bashir Beikzadeh

CTO & Co-founder
Bashir serves as the co-founder and CTO of Metis Labs. With more than a decade of previous experience in Al and software development, Bashir has successfully managed product development and project delivery to clients. Bashir holds a MEng in Software Engineering from the University of Auckland, and was previously a math Olympiad champion. 

Our advisory board has world class expertise

Mark Hardy

CEO at Capula, Industrial Systems Integrator

Steve Churchhouse

Former Head of Rolls-Royce Digital

Charles Jolley

Serial Entrepreneur and Former Head of Platform at Facebook

Marcel van der Heijden

Lead Partner, Deep Tech at SpeedInvest

We’d love to hear from you

If you’re brilliant send your application to careers@metislabs.tech