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This list showcases the top Birmingham based Director operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Charles Lee
Member of the Board of Directors of United States Steel
Charles Lee received his bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from Cornell University and a master’s degree in business administration with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration. He served in various financial and management positions before becoming senior vice president of Finance for Penn Central Corporation, and then Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. In 1983, Charles joined GTE Corporation (which merged with Bell Atlantic Corporation to form Verizon Communications, Inc. in 2000) as senior vice president of Finance, and in 1986 was named senior vice president of Finance and Planning. He was elected president, chief operating officer and a director in December 1988 and was elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer of GTE in 1992. Charles served as chairman of the board and co-chief executive officer of Verizon Communications from June 2000 through March 2002 and served as non-executive chairman of the board from April 2002 to December 2003. Charles serves on the boards of directors of United States Steel Corporation and DIRECTV. Charles is a member of the board of Overseers of Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a trustee emeritus and presidential councilor of Cornell University.
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About Cornell University: United States Steel is an integrated steel producer with major production operations in the United States, Canada.
Richard Whitley
Member of the Board of Directors of Gilead Sciences
Whitley joined Gilead’s Board of Directors in 2008. He is a Distinguished Professor, Loeb Scholar Chair in Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Vice-Chair, Department of Pediatrics; Senior Scientist, Department of Gene Therapy; Senior Scientist, Cancer Research and Training Center; Associate Director for Clinical Studies, Center for AIDS Research; and Co-Director, Center for Emerging Infections and Emergency Preparedness (CEIEP) for the institution. Whitley has held responsibility for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Antiviral Study Group, is a past President of the International Society of Antiviral Research, chairs the Board of Scientific Counselors for the National Center for Infectious Diseases of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is President of the Board of the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
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About : Gilead Sciences is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes therapies for critical diseases.
Chris Empson
Group Finance Director of Epwin Group
Chris joined Epwin in 2012 to support the business integration and development post the Latium merger. Before this Chris was a divisional finance director within Rentokil Initial Plc, having previously worked with Jon at BI Group as Group Finance Director. Chris also spent five years with 3i after having qualified as an ACA at PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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About Epwin Group: Epwin Group Plc is a leading supplier of low maintenance, sustainable and energy efficient products to the new build.
Charles Joel
IoT & Analytics Director : Global of Gardner Denver
Charles has been developing and delivering IoT / digital enabled technology programmes (IoT, M2M, RFiD, et al), for nearly 20 years, and been involved in fast-paced high-value engineering practices since 1992. He is a renowned evangelist and expert in IoT, Industry 4.0 and new strategic technology change programmes. Since 1999 Charles has developed and executed IoT (internet of things) I.T business strategy and delivery, CIO, CTO, CEO engagements, business leadership sessions, digital business strategy, engineering systems management and Industry 4.0 related technologies. Charles background combines the rarity of Operational Technology (Military & Civilian) and Information technology (IT) skills which enables him to develop not only the technology but the people involved in the significant harmonization of this next generation technology implementation. This also includes the development of VAR / Reseller channels into vertical IoT / m2m marketplaces.
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About Gardner Denver: Gardner Denver is a suppliers of air and gas related products to industries worldwide.
Ann Tysoe
Channel Director of Mademoiselle Desserts
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About Mademoiselle Desserts: Mademoiselle Desserts is manufacturing and supplying high quality, decadent desserts, cakes, slices, tortes, and tarts across UK.
Jeffrey Passell
Director of international sales of DFx Technology
Jeffrey Passell is the director of international sales at DFX Technology.
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About DFx Technology: DFx Technology designs and manufactures energy saving technologies.
Bhavik Shah
Engineering Director of HSSMI
Bhavik Shah is the engineering director of HSSMI.
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About HSSMI: HSSMI is an innovation institute for manufacturing that helps companies develop and take measures towards their strategic general goals.
Charlotte Horobin
Membership Director – Midlands & East of Make UK
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About Make UK: Make UK champions and celebrates British manufacturing and manufacturers.
