Leading the way to Industry 5.0

As the industry evolves in the digital era and embraces the advantages of digital transformation and Industry 4.0, many organisations face real-world challenges of implementation. In addition, with the increasing demands of environmental transformation and Industry 5.0, they must also navigate sophisticated Sustainability, Circularity, and ESG compliance within new regulatory frameworks.

Z Prime understands this profoundly and has deep expertise in data science, sustainability and the industrial sector that it has combined with an advanced AI system – the Z Prime Genomic AI Platform™. This platform uniquely co-optimises Industrial Efficiency and Quality KPIs with Sustainability & Circularity KPIs, transforming data into a real-time knowledge management system that provides actionable insights and predictive simulations for balanced decision-making. 

What Makes Us Different?


We believe in a world where the balance between humanity and its environment is restored, and cutting-edge technologies like AI are used judiciously to support the advancement of mankind whilst protecting our planet.

  • Our Vision

    To foster sustainable growth by empowering organisations so that they can responsibly & sustainably optimise quality, efficiency, profit and shareholder value.

  • Our Mission

    To solve the complexities of disparate sustainability and operational systems.

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Z Prime's depth of expertise is built on over 250 man-years of postgraduate scientific research spanning nearly two decades at leading UK universities, delivering pioneering solutions for industries and governments through European and UK government-funded projects. This deep scientific research has enabled it to create multiple innovative solutions for manufacturing and process industries to embrace digital transformation and Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Headquartered in London, UK with offices in Munich, Germany and Dubai, UAE, Z Prime specialises in AI-driven industrial optimisation and sustainability solutions.  Supported by a core global team of AI, Industrial, and Environmental experts and R&D partnerships with leading industry and academia including Brunel University London and Imperial College London.

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Z Prime is backed by Symax Group, an international investment company with a diverse portfolio of technology companies and specialist management expertise in helping innovative and advanced technology companies grow.

Our Management Team

Siamak Sarbaz, Chairman & CEO of Z Prime 

Siamak Sarbaz

Chairman & CEO 

Founder of Symax, global technology innovator bridging technology with private equity. Harvard Business School, BT Labs, Orange UK, Mycom International Founder. 

Prof. Evina Katsou Technical Advisor Environmental Systems  & Co-Founder

Prof. Evina Katsou

Technical Advisor Environmental Systems  & Co-Founder

Leader in Water and Environmental Engineering, Circular Economy and Waste Management who is also a Professor at Imperial College, appointed as leader in EU Water. 

Prof. Ali Mousavi Technical Advisor AI / IIOT / Manufacturing Systems  & Co-Founder

Prof. Ali Mousavi

Technical Advisor AI / IIOT / Manufacturing Systems  & Co-Founder

Pioneer in Industry 4.0 driving AI and IoT innovations and founder of Brunel Centre of Digital Manufacturing. 

Dr Peyman Adl , Chief Operating Officer of zprime

Dr Peyman Adl 

Chief Operating Officer

Academic and business leader with over 35 years of experience on digital transformation and SaaS transitions with many patents. 

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Ankur Parashar

EVP - Global Head of Sales

Customer solutions and business leader with 20+ years in the high-tech B2B software industry, focused on empowering customers to deploy technology to achieve high impact transformation.

Ian Meakin, Chief Marketing Officer  of Z Prime

Ian Meakin

Chief Marketing Officer 

Marketing and business leader, over 30 years’ experience in high-tech B2B software marketing in IT & Telecom. Sun Microsystems, MYCOM OSI. Fellow - Chartered Institute of Marketing

Javid Kondkari, The Finance Director of z prime

Javid Kondkari

Finance Director

Javid is a dedicated and detail-oriented Financial Leader with more than 20 years of experience in key areas of financial modelling, Resource Planning (ERP) and management systems. 

Contact Us Now for a Personalised Briefing

Leading the way to Industry 5.0

As the industry evolves in the digital era and embraces the advantages of digital transformation and Industry 4.0, many organisations face real-world challenges of implementation. In addition, with the increasing demands of environmental transformation and Industry 5.0, they must also navigate sophisticated Sustainability, Circularity, and ESG compliance within new regulatory frameworks.

Z Prime understands this profoundly and has deep expertise in data science, sustainability and the industrial sector that it has combined with an advanced AI system – the Z Prime Genomic AI Platform™. This platform uniquely co-optimises Industrial Efficiency and Quality KPIs with Sustainability & Circularity KPIs, transforming data into a real-time knowledge management system that provides actionable insights and predictive simulations for balanced decision-making. 

What Makes Us Different?


We believe in a world where the balance between humanity and its environment is restored, and cutting-edge technologies like AI are used judiciously to support the advancement of mankind whilst protecting our planet.

  • Our Vision

    To foster sustainable growth by empowering organisations so that they can responsibly & sustainably optimise quality, efficiency, profit and shareholder value.

  • Our Mission

    To solve the complexities of disparate sustainability and operational systems.

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Consortium project revenue

0+

Research projects

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Leading universities 

Z Prime's depth of expertise is built on over 250 man-years of postgraduate scientific research spanning nearly two decades at leading UK universities, delivering pioneering solutions for industries and governments through European and UK government-funded projects. This deep scientific research has enabled it to create multiple innovative solutions for manufacturing and process industries to embrace digital transformation and Industry 4.0 initiatives.

Headquartered in London, UK with offices in Munich, Germany and Dubai, UAE, Z Prime specialises in AI-driven industrial optimisation and sustainability solutions.   Supported by a core global team of AI, Industrial, and Environmental experts and R&D partnerships with leading industry and academia including Brunel University London and Imperial College London.

Z Prime is backed by Symax Group, an international investment company with a diverse portfolio of technology companies and specialist management expertise in helping innovative and advanced technology companies grow.

Our Management Team

Siamak Sarbaz, Chairman & CEO of Z Prime 

Siamak Sarbaz

Chairman & CEO 

Founder of Symax, global technology innovator bridging technology with private equity. Harvard Business School, BT Labs, Orange UK, Mycom International Founder. 

Prof. Evina Katsou Technical Advisor Environmental Systems  & Co-Founder

Prof. Evina Katsou

Technical Advisor Environmental Systems & Co-Founder

Leader in Water and Environmental Engineering, Circular Economy and Waste Management who is also a Professor at Imperial College, appointed as leader in EU Water. 

Prof. Ali Mousavi Technical Advisor AI / IIOT / Manufacturing Systems  & Co-Founder

Prof. Ali Mousavi

Technical Advisor AI / IIOT / Manufacturing Systems & Co-Founder

Pioneer in Industry 4.0 driving AI and IoT innovations and founder of Brunel Centre of Digital Manufacturing. 

Dr Peyman Adl , Chief Operating Officer of zprime

Dr Peyman Adl 

Chief Operating Officer

Academic and business leader with over 35 years of experience on digital transformation and SaaS transitions with many patents. 

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Ankur Parashar

EVP - Global Head of Sales

Customer solutions and business leader with 20+ years in the high-tech B2B software industry, focused on empowering customers to deploy technology to achieve high impact transformation.

Ian Meakin, Chief Marketing Officer  of Z Prime

Ian Meakin

Chief Marketing Officer 

Marketing and business leader, over 30 years’ experience in high-tech B2B software marketing in IT & Telecom. Sun Microsystems, MYCOM OSI. Fellow - Chartered Institute of Marketing

Javid Kondkari, The Finance Director of z prime

Javid Kondkari

Finance Director

Javid is a dedicated and detail-oriented Financial Leader with more than 20 years of experience in key areas of financial modelling, Resource Planning (ERP) and management systems. 

Contact Us Now for a Personalised Briefing