Catalyst appoints Tessa Breslin and Lee Tedstone to its board

Science and technology innovator Catalyst, which operated from hubs in Belfast and Derry, has appointed experienced business leaders Tessa Breslin and Lee Tedstone to its board.

The board includes people with a diversity of innovation and business expertise and works closely with Catalyst’s executive team to guide it on its journey to help Northern Ireland become an easier place to innovate and collaborate.

Tessa Breslin is an internationally experienced leadership consultant, non-executive director, and executive coach who has recently launched an independent leadership consulting practice in Northern Ireland.

Previously she served on the board and as managing director (North America) of YSC, a global, leadership strategy consultancy, advising Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 CEOs and C-suite leaders on their leadership strategy, talent development, and CEO succession.

She is vice-chair of the Queen’s University, Belfast Foundation and serves as a non-executive director on other boards.

Lee Tedstone is an experienced technology and business leader with a strong track record in digital transformation, industrial innovation, and scaling high-growth companies.

As CEO of Kobai, he has been instrumental in helping organisations leverage AI, data, and automation to drive operational efficiency and business success.

He previously held senior leadership roles at AVEVA, where he focused on business growth, M&A, global partnerships and industrial software solutions and now is mentor/investor at many other technology startups.

Catalyst board chair Neil Crockett said: “Lee and Tessa are passionate about fostering innovation and collaboration, and they each bring a wealth of experience, expertise and insight from their respective careers which will be invaluable as we support the executive team to implement Catalyst’s strategic vision of enabling opportunity for all from world-class innovation.”