About us
OUR VISION
We are passionate about driving transformative change with sustainable energy, water, waste and food solutions that engage communities to help shift behaviour, generate trainign and employment opportunities, and protect the environment, helping you reach net zero and CSR targets.
MAD LEAP LTD's experienced, multidisciplinary team assess site feasibility and design, fabricate, install and maintain modular, scalable, circular bioeconomy systems.
MAD LEAP CIC's team combine skills in green-skills training, community engagement, sustainable food growing, hydroponics, and mushroom cultivation.
Together we can make a difference!
Busisnessses and communities share an urgent responsibility to create a sustainable future. Beyond net zero, our systems need to actively repair, restore, and regenerate. We share this mission with our partners and clients: a future where waste becomes a resource, and energy systems improve livelihoods. Working with us, you’ll be supporting social and environmental impact, in the UK and in Sub Saharan Africa.
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Breakthrough solutions that build on a decade of optimisation
Built-to-last technology, nature-inspired and renewable
Every system sold supports work in Sub Saharan Africa and refugee camps
Meet the team
Guy Blanch BSc Hons - Co-Founder and Technical Director
Guy has 25-years experience developing equipment in agricultural and waste sectors and collaborating with AD operators to produce integrated systems. He has many research trial platforms for UK and overseas clients, with commercialisation and production development the key drivers. His main focus is on R&D engineering for LEAP, Loowatt and Alvan Blanch, designing and fabricating AD technologies including micro digesters, maceration, pre-feed, pasteurisation and biomethane upgrading equipment. He is passionate about bringing the benefits of micro AD to communities in the UK and other cold climates as well as to developing countries.
Rokiah Yaman MA – Co Founder and Managing Director
Rokiah’s coordinates the LEAP demonstration sites, oversees fundraising and planning activities, and manages infrastructure and operational logistics. She is keen to bring micro AD technology and the closed-loop ethos into public spaces where people can see and understand the concept and its benefits. Her approach to working with the community has evolved through projects focused on community health and wellbeing, public engagement, community arts, environmental education and micro AD technology development. She has successfully managed collaborative projects for Innovate UK, EC, WRAP, LB Camden, LLDC and Belmont.
Our Makers
Caspar Eden
Workshop Coordinator
Experienced fabricator with expertise in plasma cutting, oxy propane heating and cutting, MIG/MMA mild steel welding, building from design and site installations, Caspar is responsible for translating system designs into working systems in our workshop.
Virginie Cugny
Project Manager
Multi-skilled hands-on and creative maker Virginie worked for 13 years as Dyson's prototyping lead at Dyson with a year as Programme and Project Manager Analyst, and 2 years in special effects make-up. She uses Agile to plan and implement projects from start to finish.
Iain Purves
Design Technician
Iain has over a decade in mechanical engineering, building micro anaerobic digesters for Loowatt, where he designed and oversaw their construction in Madagascar. Iain now designs LEAP systems, producing CAD drawings, and H&S studies.
Our Growers
Katrina Wright
Sustainable Gardening
Katrina is an experienced horticulturist specialising in sustainable gardening practices. She leads circular food-growing initiatives, provides green skills training, and advocates for sustainable education within the community.
Waldemar Rebelo Junior
Hydroponics
Junior is a hydroponics specialist with a background in microgreen cultivation and graphic design. He now focuses on innovative growing techniques, helping expand sustainable food production while supporting community-driven initiatives.
Alani Shafiq
Mushroom Cultivation
Alani's journey through agroforestry, eco-construction, and holistic living led to a deep passion for fungi and food justice. They are committed to holistic alternatives while fostering abundance and equity for all living beings.
Training, Marketing and Comms
Shahara Khaleque
Marketing and Comms
Shahara has a diverse background as a software engineer, permaculture educator, and biodynamic farmer. Her focuse is on empowering food-growing initiatives by driving audience growth and product sales.
Ana Rios
Training and Workshops
Ana is an outdoor educator, gardener and passionate herbalist who finds joy in fostering learning experiences in schools and community gardens. Her mission is to sow seeds of curiosity and growth that flourish beyond walls, nurturing a generation of mindful caretakers of our planet.
Expert Advisors
Angela Bywater - Senior AD Consultant
Angela has a background in IT and project management, having worked for a number of well-known UK companies, including House of Fraser and Sun Life of Canada. Since 2001, she has since been involved in a number of AD reports and projects; notably for the Royal Agricultural Society of England (RASE), which attracted significant worldwide interest; for Glasu (Welsh Government) on Farm AD & chicken manure; for the International Energy Agency Task 37 on small-scale AD; and RE-fuelling the Countryside for the RASE. A mine of useful information, Angie is currently working on setting up the UK’s AD Network and coordinates EBnet, a BBSRC funded initiative aimed at furthering innovation and promoting cutting-edge AD research.
James Murcott – Senior AD Engineer
James founded Methanogen UK Ltd, a British company, built on 40 years’ experience of designing, manufacturing and building anaerobic digesters for farms, sewage treatment, food waste and abattoirs. He also founded Farmgas, the UK’s largest AD company in 1974. His UK farm digesters alone have a combined operating time of more than 400 years and his company WRI created a market for their award-winning AD compost. His latest designs include a range of micro-scale digesters and full-scale automatic de-gritting digesters, the latter a major AD innovation, allowing gritty feedstocks. A well respected in the UK’s AD sector, James brings a wealth of expertise to LEAP’ team.