Franco joined Control Union (UK) in 2016 as Managing Director, and lead the launch of regenagri in 2020.

He has worked for about 15 years in the Testing, Inspections and Certifications sector, across a range of industries including agri-food, consumer, industrial.

Before then he carried out research work in Aeronautics and Aerospace.

Franco holds a Master of Business Administration MBA, a post-grad Research Master (M.Res) in Fluid Dynamics and a Master of Engineering (M.Eng) in Mechanical Engineering.