Suzanne is the Chief Creative Officer of Modern Meadow, a biotech company growing bioleather materials without animals. Suzanne was an early pioneer and proponent of biotechnology in fashion. Coining the term ' Biocouture', Suzanne started growing microbial materials in 2003 and went on to advise both biofabricated material startups and global consumer brands on the emerging world of grown materials. In 2014 Suzanne founded Biofabricate, the annual international summit to foster design, biology and technology. She is a graduate of the celebrated design school Central Saint Martins in London and her work has been featured widely in the media and exhibited globally. She is the author of ‘Fashioning the Future: tomorrow’s wardrobe’ and her thought-leadership has been acknowledged by a prestigious TED Senior Fellowship and as a Launch Material Innovator, an initiative of NASA, Nike, USAID and the State Department.