Background
I'm the founder of Magenti Methodologies and a Senior Research Fellow at RAND Europe. I specialise in building the data infrastructure and analytical tools that research organisations need to make evidence-based decisions at scale and demonstrate their impact.
Before starting my consultancy, I spent years inside research organisations — most notably at Alzheimer's Research UK, where I led the bibliometric landscape analysis that became the foundation of the Blood Biomarker Challenge. That initiative attracted over £12 million in external investment and launched two major UK clinical trials for Alzheimer's blood tests.
I understand the questions research leaders face because I've sat in those rooms — negotiating co-funding agreements, presenting to boards, working out what the data actually needs to show to change a decision, and discussing how that work can influence fundraising or communications campaigns.
What I do now
That experience taught me something: research organisations regularly make funding and strategy decisions without vital context that could help them — often because they assume the data they need sits behind expensive paywalls. In most cases it doesn't. The data is freely available; what's missing is knowing where to find it and how to turn it into something actionable. I started Magenti Methodologies to close that gap.
Today I work with research funders, think tanks, universities, and R&D teams — providing portfolio evaluation, strategic landscape analysis, AI-powered tools, and open data infrastructure that help them make better decisions with the evidence they already have access to.
Approach
I believe research intelligence should be rigorous, transparent, and actionable. Every engagement starts from a strategic question — what do you need to know, and what decision does this inform? — and works backwards to determine the right methodology, data sources, and delivery format.
I also believe in open infrastructure. Where possible, I build on open data sources and design systems that organisations can maintain independently. Research organisations shouldn't need to pay proprietary database fees to understand the impact of their own investments.
Three more important things about me
- I am Mateo's dad and Nard's husband. If you work with me, you may hear me talk about the latest nursery virus we have at home.
- I take a lot of pride in the work that I do, and I often get excited about things I learn when I am doing something new (so I try to do as many new things as I can!).
- I absolutely love cooking. Actually, I absolutely love eating good food, and cooking helps with that!
