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At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London 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.
Sally Wright
Marketing Director of Samsung Electronics
Sally Wright is an experienced and commercially-driven marketing professional. As Marketing Director for Samsung Electronics UK and Ireland, she leads the enterprise marketing team and is responsible for setting and driving the brand’s marketing strategy for business. With a global track record of creating and implementing strategies that deliver P&L impact for Telco (fixed and mobile) and IT brands, Sally has delivered these quantifiable successes by consistently developing campaigns that speak to consumers while hitting and exceeding commercial goals. Prior to her role at Samsung, Sally held senior roles including Head of Enterprise Marketing for Vodafone and Managing Director and International Marketing Director for Pitney Bowes.
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About Samsung Electronics: Samsung Electronics is an electronics company engaged in consumer electronics, IT and mobile communications, and device solutions.
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Galahad Clark
Founder & Managing Director of Vivobarefoot
Galahad Clark is the Founder and Managing Director of Vivobarefoot.
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About Terra Plana, Vivobarefoot: UK-based shoe brand and Crowdcube alum
Helen Alexander
Non-executive Director of Rolls-Royce
Dame Helen Alexander joined the Board as Deputy Chairman in December 2011. Dame Helen chairs the Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Nomination Committee. Dame Helen is chairman of UBM plc, the Port of London Authority and Incisive Media, and a non-executive director and chair of the remuneration committee at Rolls-Royce Group plc. Dame Helen is a senior adviser to Bain Capital and Chancellor of the University of Southampton. Dame Helen served as president of the CBI until June 2011. Dame Helen Alexander joined The Economist as Marketing Manager in 1985 after studying at INSEAD for an MBA and completing various roles with Faber and Faber and with Gerald Duckworth & Co. She became Managing Director of the Economist Intelligence Unit in 1993 and in 1997 became Chief Executive of the Economist Group, a position she held until 2008, having joined the company in 1985. Dame Helen was President of the CBI from 2009 to 2011. Dame Helen is also currently involved with not-for-profit organisations in media, the internet, the arts and education, through the trustees at Thomson-Reuters, the WorldWide Web Foundation, the Grand Palais in Paris, the Said Business School in Oxford and St Paul’s Girls’ School. Dame Helen was awarded a CBE for services to publishing in 2004 and in June 2011 was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to business. She has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About BT, Centrica, Esure, Northern Foods, Rolls-Royce, UBM Plc: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Claire Hennah
Global Ecommerce Director of Unilever
Claire Hennah is the Global Ecommerce Director – Beauty and Personal Care at Unilever.
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Sunando Das
CMI Director, Predictive Marketing and Shopping Analytics of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Mario Dughi
Digital Marketing & Innovations Director, Home Care Category of Unilever
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Emily O’Brien
Global Director of Unilever
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About Unilever, Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Ricardo Oberlander
Board of Director of Reynolds American
Mr. Oberlander has been a management board director of British American Tobacco (BAT), regional director of the Americas Region, since January 2013, and chairman of BAT’s subsidiary in Brazil, Souza Cruz, since April 2013. Prior to these roles, Mr. Oberlander held a variety of marketing and management positions across BAT after joining the company’s subsidiary in Brazil as a market research manager in 1989.
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About : Reynolds American is a U.S. corporation whose operating companies manufacture and market a full range of cigarettes.
John Hughes
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Spectris
John Hughes CBE has more than 30 years’ experience leading global, high-technology businesses. He has significant experience of managing growth companies, especially those supplying complex solutions and services to business customers and the development of leadership teams. He previously held senior executive positions at Thales Group, Lucent Technologies and Hewlett Packard, and was non-executive chairman of Intec Telecom Systems plc, a non-executive director of Chloride Group plc and the Vitec Group plc. Until 2015 he was executive chairman of Sepura plc. In 2016 he stepped down as executive chairman of Telecity Group plc. Non-executive chairman of Just Eat plc. Non-executive director of CSG International Inc. and Equinix Inc. (both NASDAQ-listed companies). Ambassador for the Alzheimer’s Society.
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About : Spectris is a supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls.
Clive Watson
Group Finance Director of Spectris
Clive Watson has considerable finance experience, having previously been chief financial officer and executive vice president for business support at Borealis. Prior to this, he was group finance director at Thorn Lighting Group and group finance director Europe at Black & Decker. Clive is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the Chartered Institute of Taxation. Non-executive director and chairman of the audit committee of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc.
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About Spectris: Spectris is a supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls.
Alberto Spinelli
Director – Digital Services Business, Europe of Canon
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About Canon, Fing: Canon is a manufacturer of business and consumer imaging products.
Raymond Milchovich
Board Of Director of Nucor Corporation
Raymond J. Milchovich was elected to the Dow Board of Directors in January 2015 and currently serves on the Compensation and Leadership Development Committee. Raymond Milchovich has served as the Lead Director of Nucor since September 2013. Raymond Milchovich served as non-executive Chairman of the board of directors of, and a consultant to, Foster Wheeler AG, a Switzerland-based global engineering and construction company serving primarily the energy infrastructure markets, from 2010 until his retirement in 2011. Previously, Raymond Milchovich served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler from 2001 to 2010 and as President from 2001 to 2007. Prior to that, Raymond Milchovich served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, a producer and marketer of alumina, aluminum and aluminum fabricated products, from 1999 to 2001, and as President and Chief Operating Officer from 1997 to 1999. Raymond Milchovich began his career in the steel industry, holding a variety of operating management positions for Wisconsin Steel Corporation and Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corporation. From 2002 to 2007, Raymond Milchovich served as a director of Nucor and voluntarily resigned from such position to devote more time to his position as Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler. Raymond Milchovich was also a director of Delphi Corporation from 2005 through 2009. In serving as Chief Executive Officer of two different companies for more than ten years, Raymond Milchovich developed strong leadership and strategic management skills. Raymond Milchovich has more than 30 years of experience in the metals industry. At Nucor, Raymond Milchovich is the Chairman of the Governance & Nominating Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation & Executive Development Committee. Raymond Milchovich holds a Bachelor of Science from the California University of Pennsylvania and Advanced Management Program from Harvard University.
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About : Nucor Corporation is engaged in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products. The Company operates in two business segments: steel
Andrew Musgrave
Business Development Director of Thales Group
Andrew Musgrave, Vice President IFEC UK and IRE Region, Thales InFlyt Experience, has more than 25 years in the aviation satellite communications industry. In his regional leadership role at Thales, he is responsible for customer account management as well as establishing and running in-flight entertainment and connectivity maintenance activities based at London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports. Mr. Musgrave has worked in a variety of business and program management roles delivering satellite connectivity solutions for cockpit and cabin to both OEM and military customers. Mr. Musgrave earned his BSc in Information Technology from Staffordshire University
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About Thales Group: Thales is a technology in the aerospace, transportation and defense and security markets.
Martin Bloom
Non Executive Director of Renesola Pty Ltd.
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About Renesola Pty Ltd.: ReneSola is a leading global manufacturer of solar wafers and PV modules
Josh White
Co-Founder & Marketing Director of CanO Water
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About CanO Water: A resealable can of natural spring water offered as still or sparkling, created as a highly recyclable alternative to plastic water bottles
Tina Kataria
Innovation Platforms and Strategy Director of Coca-Cola Enterprises
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About Coca-Cola Enterprises: Coca-Cola Enterprises is a marketer, producer, and distributor of non-alcoholic drinks.
Riz Smith
Co-Founder and Creative Director of Riz Boardshorts
Riz Smith is the co-founder and creative director at Riz. He is also a design tutor at Central Saint Martins. Riz is a former associate lecturer at London College of Fashion.
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About Riz Boardshorts: Riz Boardshorts designs and produces sustainable boardshorts and swim shorts for men.
Alistair Murrell
Co-Founder and Director of Riz Boardshorts
Alistair Murrell is the co-founder and director at Riz Boardshorts. Prior to co-founding Riz, Alistair worked at Cairn Capital and JP Morgan.
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About Riz Boardshorts: Riz Boardshorts designs and produces sustainable boardshorts and swim shorts for men.
Pierre-Edouard Harant
Managing Director of RPD International
Pierre-Edouard Harant as the Managing Director for RPD International.
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About RPD International: RPD designs and manufactures products, experiences, processes.
Abder Guezour
Managing Director of Greycon
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About Greycon: Greycon is the world’s leading provider of production planning, scheduling, forecasting & manufacturing execution systems.
Merrion Edwards
Director, Global Market and Technology Development of Corning
Merrion Edwards is currently the director of market and technology development, optical fibre and cable, for Corning Optical Communications. She has over 25 years of experience in the field of telecommunications and is the author of 60 papers in industry journals, covering a broad range of applications: Core, Metro, Access, DataCenter, Transport and Photonics. During her career at Corning, Dr. Edwards has become a knowledge expert on emerging telecommunications trends and synergetic innovation of optical fibre, cable and components to enable advancement of telecommunications transport systems. Prior to joining Corning, Edwards conducted research into photonic devices for telecommunications and sensing. Edwards holds a PhD from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton in the United Kingdom.
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About Corning: Corning is a manufacturer of building materials including glass, ceramic, related materials and technologies, and more.
Stuart Morgan
Chief Legal & Risk Officer, Group Company Secretary and Director of Sustainability & Communications of Coats plc
Stuart joined Coats in 2014 and is responsible for legal and compliance, governance, risk management and company secretarial matters. He was previously General Counsel, Global Retail and Wealth with Lloyds Banking Group where he led international teams and provided legal and regulatory advice, risk management guidance and strategic support. Prior to working at Lloyds Banking Group Stuart was Executive Director, Law and Compliance at Morgan Stanley and before that was a solicitor and mediator at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.
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About Coats plc: The world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer and a major player in the Americas textile crafts market.
Jeremy Gibbs
Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI)
Jeremy Gibbs is a Non-Executive Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI) since June 2008. Jeremy was a Chief Executive Officer at Adaptivity Limited, a corporate finance boutique. Jeremy’s early career saw him obtaining management and consultancy positions in British Rail Engineering Limited, Edwards High Vacuum International and The BOC Group plc, all engineering or technology driven companies. Jeremy was a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors at Futuremedia plc from 1997 to 2001 and its Chairman of the Board of Directors from 1998 to 2001. Futuremedia was listed on NASDAQ. Jeremy was a Member of the Board of Directors at Synoptics from 2001 to 2008. Jeremy graduated (B.A. & M.A.) from Oxford University in 1978 in Engineering Science, subsequently qualifying as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer and Chartered Electrical Engineer.
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About : Scientific Digital Imaging designs and manufactures digital imaging technology.
Robert Perin
Managing Director of Protak Scientific
Prior to his current role as CEO & partner at Protak Scientific in the biotechnology industry the last 5 years, Robert Perin worked at Blackberry as Senior Commercial Director, Europe for just under a decade.
After his time in telecommunications, he worked as an investor and advisor for several start-ups including launching Oscobo, Becovi Media and CST Automotive amongst others. Since becoming CEO and partner in one of the most exciting and ground changing Biotech companies to date, Robert has been instrumental in bringing major pharma companies onboard such as Pfizer, Bayer, Novo Nordisk, and AstraZeneca.
Protak Scientific provides rapid validation solutions to large isolator manufacturers, global pharmaceutical companies, and scientific universities with established and recognised ground-breaking technology that assists pharmaceutical companies to validate their decontamination in aseptic production.
He has been key to both setting the corporate strategy and gaining international recognition and acceptance, as the innovative way of approaching validation, with the regulators and international scientific community.
He has also been a key part in the expansion of the company globally into countries such as the US, India, and China, trebling revenue in recent years. Although relatively new to the pharmaceutical industry, his belief in the technology, passion for the industry, and commercial acumen have enabled Protack Scientific to become a growing UK success story within the international pharmaceutical industry.
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About Protak Scientific: PS is a biotechnology firm that manufacturers enzyme indicators.
Christine Adshead
Non Executive Director of Ultimate Products
Christine Adshead is a Partner at PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers).
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About Ultimate Products: Ultimate Products is a brand and product development house in the UK that specializes in house-ware and electrical goods.
Rupert Ralston
Managing Director of Pure Biofuel
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About IT Ventures, Pure Biofuel: Pure Biofuel operated UK company specialising in the wholesale and distribution of Premium Wood Pellets.
George Theobald
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Flame Tree Group
George Theobald is a Non-executive Director at FTG Holdings and currently the Chairman of the board. George has been the driving force behind the growth of a number of East African companies spread out across various sectors. George has lived in East Africa since 1983, after a commission in the British Army and a time in London working as a stockbroker. He worked as the General Manager of Lonrho Tanzania Ltd before founding Tatepa Ltd, where he serves as the Managing Director of the publically listed company (the largest smallholder tea and avocado producer in Tanzania). He is also the Chairman of Kariki Group (a group of flower farms) in Kenya and the Chairman of Nomad Group (a chain of safari lodges) in Tanzania.
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About : Flame Tree Group is a group of companies operating in Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Mozambique.
Gopal Das
Managing Director/co-founder of Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Limited (KHMDL)
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About Das & Co., Karnataka Hybrid Micro Devices Limited (KHMDL): KHMDL is a diversified electronics company specializing in design, development and manufacture of custom-built hybrid micro circuits
Arun Jayadev
Co Founder & Director of Airlite
Arun Renuka Jayadev is strengthening the cleantech team since November 2008. As a Principal, his primary task is to source and evaluate new deals and to support the current cleantech portfolio. An Indian native, Arun has exclusively focused on the cleantech industry in the last years. He has worked for Spanish S.I. Capital, a private equity firm investing in renewable energies, where he conducted extensive research on cleantech investments. Prior to this he has worked for a start up electric motorcycle company and also served as an advisor to an Australian Waste to Energy company. He has helped organize five clean technology forums across the world, e.g. the first industry-specific seminar in Spain, which brought together start-up companies, VCs and executives for the first time. Arun started his career as a consultant with Computer Associates on projects in India, the U.S. and various other locations. There, he has managed teams of up to 16 people. Arun holds a MBA from IESE Business School, Barcelona in 2008, where he took also the opportunity to study one term at UCLA Anderson School of Management, Los Angeles. In 2003, he finished a BE with a focus on computer science with distinction at the Rashtriya Vidhyalaya College of Engineering, Bangalore.
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About Airlite: Airlite is a Bozen, Italy-based company that produces natural high performance paints.
Massimo Bernardoni
Co-Founder & Director of Airlite
Massimo Bernardoni is co-founder and director at Airlite® / AM Technology Ltd.
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About Airlite: Airlite is a Bozen, Italy-based company that produces natural high performance paints.
Zac Gazit
Founder, CEO & Managing Director of ALVATECH
Zac Gazit is the founder, CEO & Managing Director of ALVATECH & he attended The College of Management Academic Studies in 1997.
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About ALVATECH: ALVATECH develops water treatment solutions and technology for effective farming productivity.
Mark Holdsworth
Commercial Director/Incubation of Bacardi
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About Bacardi, Half Hitch: Bacardi is a privately held spirits company in the world, producing and marketing internationally recognized spirits and wines.
Julie Kennedy
User Experience Director of Saint-Gobain
Julie Kennedy is a user experience director at Saint-Gobain.
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About Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials and solutions.
Julie Kennedy
User Experience Director of Saint-Gobain
Julie Kennedy is a user experience director at Saint-Gobain.
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About Saint-Gobain: Saint-Gobain designs, manufactures, and distributes building materials and solutions.
Robert Seminara
Board Of Director of Berry Plastics
Robert V. Seminara has been a member of our Board of Directors since 2006. Mr. Seminara joined Apollo Management in 2003. Prior to that time, Mr. Seminara was a member of the Private Equity Group at Evercore Partners from 1996 to 2003. Prior to his tenure at Evercore, Mr. Seminara was employed by Lazard Frères & Co. in the firm’s Media & Communications Group. Mr. Seminara also serves on the board of directors of Skylink Aviation and is a member of the Board of Managers of Momentive Performance Materials Holdings LLC. Mr. Seminara graduated summa cum laude with a B.S. in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. Mr. Seminara’s extensive financial and business experience qualify him to serve as a director of the Company.
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About : Berry Plastics is a global manufacturer and marketer of plastic packaging products.
Richard May
Director of Legrand
Richard May is the Data Centre Power SME and Country Manager for Raritan, a brand of Legrand. With over 20 years’ data centre experience, specialising in white space monitoring, metering and control, Richard works to support Raritan customers and partners; helping to maximise the efficiency of their existing data centres, and developing strategies for their new facilities.
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About Legrand: Legrand is the global specialist in electrical and digital building infrastructures.
Tom Fripp
Director of Addition
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About Addition: Addition provides 4 core services designs to maximize the return on investment in additive manufacturing technology.
Peter Richards
Director of Marketing & Communications of Protolabs
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About Protolabs: Protolabs is the fastest manufacturer of custom prototypes and on-demand production parts with manufacturing facilities.
Richard Bridgeman
Board of Directors of CyberCity 3D, Inc.
Richard Bridgeman, the 7th Earl of Bradford, is on the CyberCity 3D Board of Directors. An accomplished website creator and experienced restauranteur, Lord Bradford has launched a series of websites including Virtual London and online restaurant guides in addition to those highlighting the UK’s historic properties. He owned Porters English Restaurant for decades and opened Covent Garden Restaurant next door to it, finally selling both leases back to the landlord in 2015. Lord Bradford has since opened Porters Restaurant in Berkhamsted. In addition, he has authored five books.
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About CyberCity 3D, Inc.: CyberCity 3D, Inc. is a state-of-the-art, 3D geospatial modeling company specializing in emerging GIS and SaaS solutions.
James Turley
Board Of Director of Emerson
James S. Turley is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ernst & Young, a leading global professional services organization providing audit, risk advisory, tax, and transaction services. With approximately 130,000 people in 140 countries, Ernst & Young is one of the largest professional services organizations in the world. Jim began his career with Ernst & Young in 1977 in the US firm’s Houston office. Over the last 31 years, he has held a series of leadership positions throughout Ernst & Young. Jim was named Metropolitan New York Area Managing Partner of Ernst & Young LLP in 1998 and was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2000. In July 2001, he became Chairman & CEO. Based in New York and London, Jim serves as senior advisory partner for many of Ernst & Young’s largest global clients. As Chairman, Jim sets a clear and strong tone from the top, focused on quality, integrity, and professionalism. He has worked to create a high-performance work environment with a highly visible leadership commitment to “Quality in Everything We Do.” Ernst & Young has been consistently recognized by Fortune magazine as one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Jim is actively engaged with many stakeholders as part of Ernst & Young’s commitment to enhancing the public’s trust in professional services firms and in the quality of financial reporting. He has encouraged dialogue with key stakeholders across the globe regarding the many changes facing the world capital markets, including the advent of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in the United States, the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards in more than 100 countries throughout the world, and the overall movement toward greater convergence of global accounting standards and global governance. Throughout his career, Jim has actively supported numerous civic, cultural and business organizations. He co-chairs the Russia Foreign Investment Advisory Council. He is on the Board of Directors for Boy Scouts of America, Catalyst, the National Corporate Theater Fund and on the Board of Trustees for Rice University. He is also a member of the Business Roundtable, Transatlantic Business Dialog and IBLAC (International Business Leaders’ Advisory Council for the Mayor of Shanghai). In October, 2007, was appointed Chair for the Governing Board of the U.S. Center for Audit Quality. Jim holds a Master’s and a BA in Accounting from Rice University in Houston, Texas. He enjoys sports, including golf and tennis. Jim and his wife, Lynne, have a 24-year old son.
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About : Emerson is a global technology & engineering company providing innovative solutions for customers in industrial and residential markets.
Dominic Quennell
Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Enertechnos
Enertechnos is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director of Enertechnos.
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About Enertechnos: Enertechnos develop, patent, and commercialize CTS as a new concept in ultra-low loss cable based on capacitance technology.
Digby Lewis
Non- Executive Director of Quarte Inc.
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About Quarte Inc.: Founded in 2005, we are a manufacturing company that produces quartz material for a wide variety of industrial applications.
Ian Hobson
Co-Founder, CEO & Managing Director of ChargeBox
Ian has set and delivered the mission and objectives for ChargeBox which has seen the company grow rapidly. Involved since the companies inception, Ian took over control of the company and formulated the change in strategy driven by the smart phone market and Olympics in 2012. Ian is passionate about ChargeBox and passionate about bringing free charging to everyone who needs it everywhere they need it. A graduate of Imperial College, Ian’s career has taken him from Accenture to Hambrecht & Quist and Tibco, all the time delivering rapid growth and businsess development.
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About ChargeBox: ChargeBox They pride Theirselves for providing the easiest to use, most trusted and innovative charging solutions for public spaces.
Michael McClelland
Company Director of GFH Additive
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About GFH Additive, Torszo: GFH Additive offers world-class metalworking by providing software support to the state-of-the-art metal industry.
Melanie Hinchcliffe
Director of Source Furniture
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About Source Furniture: Source Furniture is an international contract furniture supplier within the hospitality industry.
Thomas Arundel
Co-Founder & Director of Precision Microdrives
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About Introversion Software, Precision Microdrives: Precision Microdrives is a manufacturer of miniature electric motors.
Thomas Hamilton
Commercial Director of Weedingtech
Thomas Hamilton joined Weedingtech as Chief Commercial Officer in 2021.
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About Weedingtech, Weedingtech: Weedingtech is a British company that designs and manufactures innovative weed control technologies for the amenity and utility markets.
Ed Porter
Energy Assets Director of Invinity Energy Systems Plc
Ed Porter is the energy assets director at RedT. He joined the company in December 2018 from Gazprom Marketing & Trading where he held the position of power portfolio manager, responsible for 1GW of UK assets. Prior to this, Ed held various senior positions for Gazprom, RWE npower and Innogy Renewables.
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About Invinity Energy Systems Plc: Invinity Energy Systems Plc is a company which has created a method by which electrical energy can be stored in liquid form.
Jack Herring
Founder and Director of Jiva Materials
Jack Herring is a recent graduate of MA Design Products at the Royal College of Art. After inventing Soluboard® during his studies, Jack is now based within the InnovationRCA incubator. Successfully raising investment through a joint fund set up by Venrex Investment Management and the Royal College of Art has allowed Jack to further develop Soluboard® to transform it into a commercially viable product.
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About Jiva Materials: Jiva Materials strives to question the manufacturing methods of our modern technology.
Marc Werter
Director of The Foodfellas
Marc has been involved in food importation and distribution for many years, with a leading national importer distributor. He manages the operational and logistics functions of the business and is also involved in all commercial aspects, including sales.
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About The Foodfellas: The Foodfellas is supplies innovative, authentic, high quality food products from around the world to the foodservice market in the UK.
Richard Widgery
Virtual Production and Technology Director of Take4D
Richard is an industry leader, and pioneer in the development of virtual production technologies, pipelines, and studio facilities. With over 26 years’ experience he is has been instrumental in creating some of the most complex in-camera cinematography. His career began at Jim Henson’s Creature Shop – UK, in control systems engineering, and he quickly became one of the founding team members of their ground breaking computer graphics department. Recording the world’s first human and animal optical motion capture data for feature films and commercial video games, he developed many of the techniques that are still in use today. From robotic engineering for Babe, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Loch Ness, through to breathing life into the horses for Red Dead Redemption video game, Richard has continued to push the creative boundaries of what is technically achievable. He helped create the Universal Studios’ WIZARDING WORLD OF POTTER Theme Park utilizing his own virtual camera and motion control technologies, as well as enabling otherwise unshootable camera-work for projects including Hansel & Gretel, Wolfman, Angels & Demons, and more. Richard also consults on government level projects including developing ground breaking tools for Forensic Analysis and is a key-note speaker in AR and VR at conferences worldwide.
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About Take4D: Take4D is a Real Time Augmented and Virtual Production solution for the manufacturing, construction, entertainment, and medical industries.
Chris Forbes
Co-Founder & Director of The Cheeky Panda
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About The Cheeky Panda: Cheeky Panda is a sustainable bamboo tissue manufacturer.
Michal Konicek
Director of AccuCities
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About AccuCities: 3D London & 3D City Models for Planning, Architecture, CGI, BIM, VR, Games, 3D Printing
Rich Walker
Managing Director of Shadow Robot
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About Shadow Robot: Shadow designs and manufactures state-of-the-art anthropomorphic robot hands & related systems.
Richard Greenhill
Founder & Non Executive Director of Shadow Robot
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About Shadow Robot: Shadow designs and manufactures state-of-the-art anthropomorphic robot hands & related systems.
Tamara Ralph
Creative Director and Co-founder of Ralph and Russo
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About Ralph and Russo: Ralph & Russo is a European, privately held company owned and founded by Tamara Ralph and Michael Russo.
Michael Pepper
Co Founder, Chief Scientific Director of TeraView
Michael has held positions in the University of Cambridge concurrently with positions at Plessey and then GEC. Professor of Physics in the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University 1987-2009, he was invited by the Toshiba Corporation to create and head their first corporate research laboratory outside Japan. The Toshiba Cambridge Research Centre, now known as the Cambridge Research Laboratory of Toshiba Research Europe Ltd, opened in 1991 with Professor Pepper as Managing Director. Professor Pepper is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge and the recipient of many prizes and honours for his work on semiconductors. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He has extensive connections throughout the University of Cambridge, UK and EU universities, institutes and with corporations throughout the world. He received a knighthood in 2006 for his services to physics and since 2009 is Pender Professor of Nanoelectronics at University College London.
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About TeraView, University College London (UCL): TeraView develops terahertz instruments which can generate, detect and manipulate radiation to characterize a wide range of materials.
Anab Jain
Founder & Director of Superflux
As Founder and Director of Superflux, Anab hopes to realise our vision of the studio as a new kind of design practice, responsive to the challenges and opportunities of the twenty-first century. Born and educated in India (NID), with an MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art, Anab founded Superflux in 2009, leading the Consultancy’s client partnerships whilst balancing the Lab’s self-initiated conceptual projects. She has lead multidisciplinary design, strategy and foresight projects for businesses, think-tanks and research organisations such as Sony, BBC, Nokia, NHS, Design Council, Forum for the Future, Qatar Foundation and Govt. of UAE. Honoured as a TED Fellow, she is the receipient of several awards, including the Award of Excellence ICSID and Apply Computers, Innovation Award, Chicago International Film Festival and the UNESCO Digital Arts Award. Her experience and knowledge of design, futurescaping, emerging markets, new technologies and innovation has led her to be invited to speak at conferences such as PICNIC, WCIT2010, LIFT, SIGGRAPH, Global Design Forum, EPIC, Design Engaged and FuturEverything. Her work has been exhibited at MoMA New York, Apple Computers Inc, Mattel Toys, Tate Modern, Science Gallery Dublin, National Museum of China and the London Design Festival. She is on the Board of MzTek and Broadway Cinema and Media Centre, and is a guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art, VCUQatar, Architectural Association, Goldsmiths, Dundee Innovative Product Design and CIID. Previously Anab has held senior positions at the Helen Hamlyn Centre, Microsoft Research Cambridge and Nokia Design London.
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About Architectural Association School of Architecture, Goldsmiths, University of London, Superflux: Superflux is a design company that utilizes rapid prototyping and media sketches to produce concepts, experiences, products, and services.
Will Butler
Group Marketing & Innovation Director of ERA
Will Butler is Group Marketing & Innovation Director at ERA Home Security Ltd. Through partnership with UniKey, Will has led ERA into smart locking, building on over 175 years of heritage securing Britain’s homes. He joined ERA through its 2012 acquisition of an architectural hardware business where he was Managing Director and had led a significant business transformation. Prior to this, Will spent 6 years in brand strategy and innovation consultancy, delivering projects for clients ranging from O2 and GlaxoSmithKline to Unilever and Mars. He has also established a successful consumer insight business. Will began his career as an Analyst in the Technology Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates, a global executive search firm. He has an MA in Modern History from Oxford University.
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About ERA: ERA Home Security has been designing and manufacturing locks.
Axel Bindel
Executive Director of HSSMI
Axel Bindel is the executive director at 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.
Satwik Mehta
Engineering Director of HSSMI
Satwik Mehta is the engineering director at 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.
Trevor Steenkamp
Director of Cozyrail Heated Towel Rails
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About Cozyrail Heated Towel Rails: Cozyrail manufactures and retails stainless steel heated towel rails, grab rails, freestanding heated towel rails, and bathroom accessories.
Ruth Nicholls
Director Of Operations of Churchill Gowns
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About Churchill Gowns: Churchill Gowns is a supplier and a manufacturer of graduation products in universities.
Bianca Mercer
Ecommerce & Customer Services Director of Smythson
Bianca, originally from Germany, has extensive experience in trading ecommerce sites and running ecommerce teams, particularly for international ecommerce operations. In addition, she has implemented global digital marketing strategies, innovative customer experience initiatives and restructured & build ecommerce teams. Over the last eight years she has launched over 30 websites globally and been directly responsible for the development and implementation of the digital strategy of these sites. In 2015 she became a consultant allowing her to share her experience and insights gained over the last 15 years with a number of retail clients including Canon, Haglöfs, Ted Baker, American Eagle Outfitters, Claire’s Accessories, Mamas & Papas and most recently Smythson of Bond Street. Since January 2019 she is part of the Executive team at Smythson of Bond Street leading their Global Ecommerce and Direct to Consumer division.
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About Smythson: Smythson is a British manufacturer of luxury stationery, leather goods, diaries, and fashion products.
Sunday Ogar
CEO and Managing Director of Ogar Technology
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About Ogar Technology: Ogar Technology is a leading security and solar equipments manufacturer.
Steve Roberts
Managing Director of Fripp Design and Research
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About Fripp Design and Research: Fripp Design and Research is a product design and research, and business development consultancy.
Kath Durrant
Non Executive Director of Renishaw
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About Renishaw: Renishaw is an engineering technology company with core skills in measurement, motion control, spectroscopy, and precision machining.
