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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 United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Manufacturing space. If you think a CEO’ 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.
Rakesh Kapoor
CEO of Reckitt
Rakesh Kapoor joined Reckitt & Colman in 1987, serving in various roles including Regional Sales Manager, North India, General Manager, Indian Southern Region and Regional Marketing Director, South Asia. In 1999, he was appointed Global Category Director, Pest Control. Following the merger, he assumed the role of, Senior Vice President, Home Care. He was appointed SVP, Regional Director, Northern Europe in 2001 and in July 2006, he was promoted to EVP, Category Development. Rakesh became CEO in September 2011
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About Reckitt: Reckitt Benckiser Group is a consumer goods company makes health, hygiene and home products.
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Warren East
CEO of Rolls-Royce
Appointed to the Board in January 2014 and Chief Executive in July 2015 Warren joined ARM Holdings in 1994 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2001. Under his leadership the company became the world’s leading semiconductor IP licensing company. He retired from ARM Holdings in 2013. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Distinguished Fellow of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. He was awarded the CBE in 2014 for services to the technology industry. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Warren had been appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 2014 and was Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee. Warren is a non-executive director of Dyson Ltd. In July 2015, he was appointed as a member of the UK Government’s business advisory group.
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About British Computer Society, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce, Royal Academy of Engineering: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Alan Jope
Chief Executive Officer of Unilever
Alan joined Unilever in the UK in 1985, subsequently working in North America for 14 years and in Asia for 13 years. Before being appointed as Chief Executive Officer, Alan served as President of Unilever’s Personal Care business from 2014 and continued as President when the name of the division changed in 2018 to Beauty and Personal Care. From 2009 Alan led Unilever’s business in China and North Asia, doubling its size and laying important foundations for future success. He was appointed to Unilever’s Leadership Executive in 2011 in his role as President of Unilever’s businesses across North Asia. His previous senior roles have also included President Russia, Africa & Middle East; global category leader for several of Unilever’s Foods businesses; and President of Unilever’s Home & Personal Care business in North America. Earlier, Alan worked in a number of sales and marketing roles in the UK, Thailand, and the US. Alan holds a Bachelor of Commerce with honours from Edinburgh University, Scotland. He also graduated from Harvard Business School’s General Management Program in 2001.
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About Unilever: Unilever produces and supplies fast-moving consumer goods in food, home, and personal care product categories worldwide.
Alex Caccia
Co-Founder & CEO of Animal Dynamics
An entrepreneur with start-up experience in, media, technology, manufacturing and a background in finance and investment banking. After a career in the City as a fund manager, and subsequently in investment banking, Alex founded a successful sports equipment business called WaterRower Ltd. In 1999 Alex joined Sportal, a European dotcom start-up, where he was head of advanced technology development. In 2003 Alex was involved in forming The Cloud (WiFi Aggregator, sold to Sky in 2010). From 2005-2010 Alex was CEO of Marmalade Technology Ltd, a leading mobile applications cross platform software SDK. In 2012, Alex founded an exercise technology business called Muoverti Ltd.
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About Animal Dynamics, iNeed: Animal Dynamics is a spinout company from the Department of Zoology at University of Oxford
David Martell
Founder and CEO of Chargemaster
As founder of the £100 million public company Trafficmaster Plc, David successfully managed and grew that company as CEO for sixteen years. He has significant experience in the transport industry, and his knowledge in managing the setting up and running of a countrywide network infrastructure is unrivalled. David has pulled together a talented and experienced team of industry experts over the last two years to enable Chargemaster to create the worldwide benchmark for high technology charging equipment to meet the demands of low carbon motoring in the decades ahead. David was appointed by the UK government to be an advisor to the Department for Transport from 1995 until 2000 and holds numerous patents relating to advanced automotive infrastructure.
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About Chargemaster: Chargemaster Plc benefits from over 25 years collaborative experience of working within the telematics and vehicle orientated
Taymoor Atighetchi
Founder & CEO of Papier
Taymoor Atighetchi is a Founder & Managing Director at The Tab.
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About Papier: Papier offers customizable stationery such as wedding cards, notebooks, planners, and notecards.
Sam Al-Mukhtar
Co-Founder & CEO of Geomiq
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About Geomiq: Geomiq is an intelligent platform that provides Instant quotes and Instant ordering of custom manufactured parts.
Niall Dunne
CEO of Polymateria
Niall Dunne is the Chief Executive Officer of Polymateria.
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About Polymateria: Polymateria is a London-based startup advancing science to help nature deal with plastic pollution.
Joe Atkins
CEO of Bowers & Wilkins
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About Bowers & Wilkins: Bowers & Wilkins makes advanced home and hi-fi speakers, including Abbey Road’s reference system.
Mike Flewitt
CEO of McLaren Applied Technologies
Mike Flewitt joined McLaren as Chief Operating Officer in June 2012 and became Chief Executive Officer in July 2013. At the time of joining, the position was a new and strategic addition to the executive team and came as the company embarked on a new period of growth. Mike’s current role as CEO includes the development, manufacture and global distribution of a range of current and future McLaren sports cars, including the McLaren 650S and McLaren P1™. Prior to joining McLaren, Mike was Vice President, Manufacturing, Ford of Europe, and Corporate Officer, Ford Motor Company. Before joining Ford, he held senior manufacturing and operations roles at TWR Group Limited, AutoNova AB and Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars Limited. He qualified in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and completed a post-graduate qualification in Management and Project Management at Salford University in 1996.
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About McLaren Applied Technologies: McLaren Applied Technologies is a British technology company that works in conjunction with other companies.
Petter Neby
Founder and CEO of Punkt. Tronics
Petter Neby is a Norwegian technology entrepreneur. Mr. Neby launched his first business in Norway in 1989, at the age of seventeen, and in 1991 moved to Paris, to work for an international consumer electronics company. Innovation and creativity has led Mr. Neby to find and manage successful businesses in the telecommunications, enterprise software and website areas. Mr. Neby created Punkt. in 2008 to offer straightforward alternatives to multi-function devices that started to dominate the consumer electronic marketplace.
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About Punkt. Tronics: Punkt. is a Swiss design led technology company that aims to make life simpler by creating timeless and outstanding products
Graeme Malcolm
Co-Founder & CEO of M Squared Lasers
Graeme’s interest in laser technology began at Strathclyde University with a degree in ‘Laser Physics and Optoelectronics’ followed by PhD research into Compact Solid-State Laser Sources. Shortly after he co-founded his first company Microlase Optical Systems, which went on to catch the eye of global laser company ‘Coherent Inc.’. Today, Graeme leads M Squared Lasers to specialise in novel laser solutions for use in a myriad of academic and commercial applications. Here, he develops a range of world-class laser and photonics systems, which are not only ‘one of a kind, they are critical enablers in fundamental physics research, underpinning many world firsts. The rapid growth of M Squared, as evidenced by its place in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50, Deloitte EMEA Fast 500 and Sunday Times Tech Track 100, goes to show how important laser technology is to unlocking the future secrets of science. Graeme is a visiting Professor and Entrepreneur in Residence at the Institute of Photonics at the University of Strathclyde and a Member of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Young Academy of Scotland. He also sits on the advisory board of the Fraunhofer Centre for Applied Photonics. He has authored and co-authored 62 papers and conference proceedings and has secured 14 active patent families with 52 individual fillings worldwide. Earlier this year, Graeme was awarded an OBE for his services to Science and Innovation.
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About M Squared Lasers, University of Strathclyde: M Squared Lasers develops and manufactures next-generation lasers and photonic instruments.
Graham Chipchase
CEO of Rexam PLC
Graham Chipchase has been the Chief Executive Officer of Rexam PLC since January 01, 2010 and served as its Group Director of Plastic Packaging since July 15, 2005. Graham Chipchase is responsible for Rexam Plc’s global plastic packaging business which includes healthcare, closures, personal care and other markets. In that role, he has led acquisition and integration of Precise Technology (USA), Delta (USA), Airpsray (NL), FangXin (China), TruePack (India) with the objective to reach global leadership in selected markets. He has leveraged organic growth through lean enterprise, innovation and global customer management programs across the Sector’s 45 sites worldwide. He served as Finance Director at Rexam Plc from March 10, 2003 to July 15, 2005. He served as Finance Director of GKN plc’s Aerospace Services business. Graham Chipchase started his career with Coopers & Lybrand. Later he joined The BOC Group PLC and served as Corporate Finance Manager since 1990. He served in various positions within Financial Planning and Analysis in both BOC’s US and European subsidiaries including Group Controller since 1999 and then as Director of Planning and Financial Control. He has been an Executive Director at Rexam plc since February 10, 2003. Graham Chipchase has been a Non-Executive Director of AstraZeneca Plc since April 26, 2012. He holds MA in Chemistry from Oriel College, Oxford.
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About Rexam PLC: Rexam produces packaging for top name brands, helping to enhance consumer product experience across the world.
Steve Parkin
Chief Executive Officer & Founder of Mayborn Group Ltd.
Steve Parkin is CEO of Mayborn Group and under his dynamic leadership the company has enjoyed massive growth and international expansion. Mayborn’s flagship tommee tippee® brand remains the number one brand in the UK baby essentials market – but, with over 60% of sales now coming via international markets, we’re firmly established as one of the top brands in our sector worldwide. Steve’s drive, innovation and ambition – together with his passion for putting mum and baby at the heart of everything we do – are behind our unprecedented global expansion. Since we entered the lucrative US market in 2010, we’ve gone from strength to strength and we’re now in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. A keen sportsman and committed dad, Steve has an Honours Degree and Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing from Northumbria University.
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About Mayborn Group Ltd.: Mayborn Group Ltd. is a manufacturer and supplier of toddler feeding products.
Krystian Zajac
Founder and CEO of Hero Labs
Krystian Zajac is a serial entrepreneur specializing in transformative smart home and IoT insurtech products. His ventures have won dozens of awards, been featured across tier-one media and recognized as some of the most disruptive companies in the world. Krystian Zajac founded Hero Labs and currently serves as the chief executive officer.
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About Hero Labs, Hero Labs, Hiro: Hero Labs develops technologies that help prevent water leaks.
James Griffith
CEO & Co-founder of Mous
James Griffith is the CEO and co-founder at Mous.
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About Mous: Mous is a fashion tech brand that designs and manufactures protective accessories.
Steven Boyle
Chief Executive Officer of HCS Control Systems
Steven Boyle is the chief executive officer of Integrated Cloud Group and HCS.
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About HCS Control Systems: HCS Control Systems designs, manufactures, assembles and tests direct hydraulic production systems for the oil and gas industry.
Tom Dawes
Co-Founder & CEO of Valuechain.com
After completing an Honours degree in manufacturing engineering at the University of Liverpool, he undertook a Government funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership to improve production planning and supply chain management at an aerospace precision machining SME whilst studying for a PhD in supply chain collaboration systems. Tom worked on projects with Airbus UK and Westland Helicopters to prototype proof of concept supply chain collaboration platforms. Tom established an aerospace supply chain management company in 2003 and acquired an aerospace surface treatment company in 2005. After trebling the businesses in the first two years Tom established companies in Poland and India to offer surface treatments to the emerging aerospace supply chain in Eastern Europe and Asia. Tom won UK Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2006 and won the UK Chambers of Commerce Best New Business in 2007.
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About Valuechain.com: Valuechain.com enables global manufacturing customers, suppliers and partners to connect, collaborate and increase competitiveness.
E J Marino
President & Chief Executive Officer of Plantation Patterns
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About Plantation Patterns: Plantation Patterns is a manufacturer of outdoor home decor.
Alex Hoye
Co – Founder & CEO of The Faction Collective
Alex is a London-based entrepreneur and angel investor and in Internet, media, and consumer markets. He is CEO of Latitude Group, a European digital marketing agency, and before that co-founded GoIndustry plc, an online industrial auctions firm which he and the team listed in 2006. Hoye invested in Seedcamp and is chairman of Skimlinks and BraveNewTalent .
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About The Faction Collective: The Faction Collective manufactures high-performance freeride and freestyle skis.
Jeremy Ben-David
Group CEO of Waterlogic
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About Angel Springs, Waterlogic: Waterlogic is a water utility company that manufactures, supplies, and distributes of water dispensers.
Chris Harris
CEO of YASA
Chris joined YASA Motors as CEO in December 2011. He has over 25 years experience of building and leading high technology companies in the UK, US and Europe. He previously held the post of CEO at Light Blue Optics, a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge. Chris has a degree in Physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD from Imperial College.
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About Eight19, YASA: Yasa develops and manufactures electric motors and generators of high power and high torque density electric.
Inty Grønneberg
CEO and Founder of Ichthion
Inty is a co-founder of Ichthion and Ph.D. researcher at Imperial College London. He is a designer, maker, and entrepreneur interested in Innovation and Entrepreneurial Ecosystems (IEEs), with a special focus on clusters of hardware and tangible technologies. Inty has a strong industrial background, as a result of his work with several companies in South America, Asia and Europe since 2007. He has also been involved as a co-founder in other initiatives, such as EvoT, Fusehunt, PHD Network and SOSEcuador. In the industrial sector, he worked in several senior roles, such as Manufacturing Operations Manager, Senior Specialist Manufacturing Engineer, among others. He was certified instructor of process improvement techniques for Toyota Motor Corp. and General Motors.
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About Ichthion: Ichthion engaged in Development of cutting-edge technology to restore the ocean environment.
Matt Johnson
CEO & Co-Founder of Bare Conductive
Matt Johnson is CEO and co-founder of Bare Conductive Ltd, an award-winning startup based in East London, UK. Bare Conductive designs and manufactures a unique set of electrically conductive materials and hardware that provide low cost, modular sensing for multiple applications. Matt earned an MA/MSc in Industrial Design Engineering at the Royal College of Art/Imperial College London in 2009. Before studying at the RCA, Matt studied economics and worked as a professional mechanic for sports racing cars in Colorado, USA.
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About Bare Conductive, LAIIER, Royal College of Art: Bare Conductive is a design and technology company that uses printed electronics technology to integrate electronics into the environment.
David Cooper
Chief Executive Officer of FPE Global
Dave joined FPE Global in March 2016 and is leading the company through its current phase of growth. Before joining FPE Global, Dave was instrumental in the transformation of Matcon in various positions, including Operations Director and Managing Director. A Mechanical Engineer and MBA graduate, Dave’s expertise comes from more than 15 years of supplying capital goods into various process industries including food, pharmaceutical and many others. Dave is now working with the team at FPE Global to deliver significant and unique value to the firm’s customers and shareholders. During his time so far Dave has redefined FPE’s Strategic Plan, which focuses the business on key industry sectors where the firm’s expertise is best aligned with value creation. In addition, Dave is spearheading the roll out of many other strategic priorities, including relocation of the firm’s UK based operations and development of a brand new state of the art Test Facility.
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About FPE Global: FPE Global are experts in bulk material handling and pneumatic conveying, bulk handling, FIBC filling and discharging.
Josh Valman
CEO of RPD International
Josh Valman is CEO of RPD International, a design and manufacturing company, operating a global supply chain of creative individuals, suppliers and factories. Josh began his engineering career at 10 years old, with a fascination in robotics. By aged 15 he was consulting on supply chain and engineering for some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies. RPD now provides product design, manufacturing and supply chain solutions to companies across Europe, Asia and America. Clients include airlines, hotels, manufacturers, retailers, brands and startups.
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About RPD International: RPD designs and manufactures products, experiences, processes.
Constantine Goulimis
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Greycon
Constantine is one of the founders (in 1985) of Greycon. Constantine was born in Greece and studied mathematics at Cambridge (BA, MA) and Control Systems at Imperial College (M.Sc.). He completed his Ph.D. in combinatorial optimisation, the cutting stock problem also at Imperial. He is particularly proud that some of the code he wrote then is still in daily production use at many plants around the world, as part of Greycon’s X-Trim. In the Greek army he learned, among other things, exactly how many chickens it takes to feed a regiment and has amassed collection of army stories to tell. He has also served as Deputy Director of the Industrial Systems Group at Imperial College. During 2010 he also consulted with the Greek Ministry of Finance, advising on how tax collection could be improved; the proposals were adopted a month later. In November 2013 he attended the 3-week Advanced Leadership Programme at Cambridge.
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About Greycon: Greycon is the world’s leading provider of production planning, scheduling, forecasting & manufacturing execution systems.
Theo Saville
Co-Founder & CEO of CloudNC
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About CloudNC: Creating autonomous manufacturing
Jon Bednall
CEO of Epwin Group
Jon has been with Epwin Group for six years, having joined in 2008 as Group Finance Director and then appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2013. Jon has been responsible for significant restructuring of Epwin in that time, as well as devising and managing the merger with Latium in 2012. Jon has a wealth of group managerial experience, including acquisitions and disposals, having previously spent 10 years at BI Group, a Kuwaiti owned engineering group, becoming Group Finance Director and then Chief Operating Officer.Prior to that Jon qualified as an ACA at KPMG in Birmingham where he spent six years in a number of roles.
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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.
Sam Cockerill
CEO and Founder of Libertine FPE
Sam Cockerill was previously an independent management & technical consultant to the renewable energy industry & public sector. Sam was a member of the senior management team of Ensus, which he helped to develop from a project financed startup business in 2007 into one of Europe’s major bioethanol producers and successfully sold to CropEnergies in 2013. Sam has over 20 years’ experience in automotive engineering, consumer product development and strategy consulting. He is a chartered mechanical engineer and has an MBA from INSEAD.
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About Libertine FPE: Libertine FPE designs and manufactures linear generator and piston power systems.
Dan Wood
Chief Executive Officer of Keit
Dan is responsible for leading Keit and builds on over 10 years’ senior management experience in optics and photonics-based technology companies. Previously, Dan was Head of Business Development in Dublin-based nanotech start-up Ntera and has an MSc (Oxon) in Engineering and Economics from the University of Oxford.
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About Keit, Keit: Keit’s microFTS® design is a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer that is smaller, lighter and more rugged than any current system.
David Shaffer
Director, President & Chief Executive Officer of EnerSys
Shaffer was appointed Director, President and Chief Executive Officer effective April 2016. He served as our President and Chief Operating Officer from November 2014 through March 2016, and our President – Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) from January 2013 through October 2014. From 2008 to 2013, Shaffer was President – Asia. Prior thereto he was responsible for EnerSys’ telecommunication sales in the Americas. Shaffer has worked in various roles of increased responsibility in the industry since 1989. Shaffer received his Masters of Business Administration degree from Marquette University and his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois.
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About EnerSys: EnerSys is the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications. We complement our extensive line of motive power,
Karen Scofield
CEO and Co-Founder of OCEANIUM
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About OCEANIUM: Oceanium develops innovative, all-natural products from sustainably-sourced seaweed.
Simon Thomas
Chief Executive Officer of Paragraf
Simon’s diverse background in physics, engineering and materials science combined with many years’ experience in the fields of semiconductors, functional materials, solid state devices and capital equipment manufacture, have equipped him with the knowledge to truly understand two-dimensional materials production. With expertise in materials deposition techniques he has developed numerous new materials and structure generation processes whilst progressing the general community understanding of the science of materials growth. As a global high-tech materials and engineering consultant, Simon has multidisciplinary skill sets in the development of equipment, deposition processes and surface science across a range of fields. The resulting technology advancements have achieved new performance levels in existing semiconductor device structures and have facilitated the capability to produce new and novel materials and devices.
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About Paragraf: Paragraf develop and deliver game-changing, commercial-quality, graphene-based electronic devices using contamination-free technology.
Howard Kimberley
CEO of Aeromet International
Howard Kimberley is the CEO of Aeromet International.
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About Aeromet International: Aeromet International manufactures aluminum and magnesium sand castings, aluminum investment castings for aerospace and defense industries.
Linda Bell
CEO of MIRICO
Linda holds a DPhil in Chemistry from Oxford University and an MBA, she has had extensive experience of leading and growing science-based international businesses in a range of industrial and process industries. She served as managing director of Servomex Group Ltd, part of Spectris, where she was involved in the supply of gas analysis instruments to blue-chip companies in petrochemical, chemical, laboratory, environmental and healthcare fields.
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About Downing LLP, Fera Science Ltd, MIRICO: Transformational gas measurement
Mike Creedon
CEO of Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI)
Mike Creedon is the Chief Executive Officer and a Member of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging. Mike joined the Board in May 2010. A Chartered Certified Accountant, Mike brings to SDI considerable experience of working within quoted companies and technology businesses, and of fundraisings, mergers and acquisitions. Mike has served as Finance Director at Innovision Limited, a subsidiary of the NASDAQ listed company, Leitch Technology Corp and as Finance Director of Ninth Floor plc, a company formerly on the Official List. In 2002 Mike was appointed as Finance Director to the board of Ideal Shopping Direct plc, an AIM listed television shopping and mail order catalogue company. In 2006 Mike was appointed as Interim Finance Director at NextGen Group plc, an AIM listed company focusing on the design, manufacture and sale of services and equipment to the biotechnology and pharmaceutical sector, following which Mike acted as Chief Financial Officer at Durham Scientific Crystals Limited, a company whose principal activity is the development, manufacture and sale of products for the x-ray imaging market. Mike earned his MBA from Henley Management College.
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About Scientific Digital Imaging (SDI): Scientific Digital Imaging designs and manufactures digital imaging technology.
Paul Cowan
Founder , Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Quotient Biodiagnostics
Paul Cowan is our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors. Mr. Cowan founded us through the acquisition of Alba Bioscience in 2007. He has a broad range of healthcare industry experience gained through over 15 years of employment within industry and investment banking. Previously, Mr. Cowan served as the Chief Financial Officer of Inveresk Research Group, a global contract research organization that was acquired by Charles River Laboratories in 2004. Prior to joining Inveresk in 2001, Mr. Cowan was a senior executive within the Investment Banking department of Bear Stearns & Co., where he led the European biotechnology practice. Prior to Bear Stearns, Mr. Cowan was a senior executive within the Investment Banking department of Morgan Grenfell (acquired by Deutsche Bank in 1990). Mr. Cowan received a Bachelor of Business in accounting from Queensland University of Technology.
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About Quotient Biodiagnostics: Quotient Biodiagnostics develops and manufactures products for use in transfusion diagnostics.
Richard Bower
Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Precision Components
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About Sigma Precision Components: Sigma Precision Components is a manufacturer of precision engineered components and fixings for the aerospace sector.
Toby Darbyshire
CEO of Heist Studios
Toby Darbyshire started his career at management consulting firm Bain & Company, later moving on to co-found home energy provider Engensa, with the aim of delivering solar panels to the masses. After exiting Engensa to Chinese renewables company Hanergy, which later licensed Engensa to IKEA as part of their in-store solar offering, Toby was looking for other consumer sectors in need of disruption, and co-founded Heist in 2015.
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About Heist Studios: Heist Studios is an online bodywear brand that manufactures tights for women.
Lee Jones
CEO of Tatami Fightwear
Lee Jones is the CEO of Tatami Fightwear.
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About Tatami Fightwear: Tatami Fightwear is a producer of clothing and equipment for Brazilian jiu jitsu fighters.
Gareth Dummer
CEO of Tatami Fightwear
Gareth Dummer joined Tatami Fightwear as CEO in 2009.
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About Tatami Fightwear: Tatami Fightwear is a producer of clothing and equipment for Brazilian jiu jitsu fighters.
Simon Showman
CEO of Ultimate Products
Simon Showman is the CEO of Ultimate Products.
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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.
Simon Beresford-Wylie
Chief Executive Officer of Imagination Technologies
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About Imagination Technologies: Imagination Technologies develops and licenses semiconductor system-on-chip intellectual property (SoC IP).
Nick Wilkinson
CEO of Dunelm
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About Dunelm: Dunelm is the UK’s home furnishing retailers. Shop for bedding, curtains, furniture, beds, and mattresses.
Antonio Cianci
Co-Founder & CEO of Airlite
Antonio Cianci is co-founder and CEO at Airlite® / AM Technology Ltd.
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About Airlite, Kauffman Fellows: 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.
Frank Averdung
Chief Executive Officer of Oxford PV
Frank P. Averdung joined Oxford PV as Chief Executive Officer in July 2015. He has over 30 years of experience in the Semiconductor industry in leading technology driven organisations, from small startups to large organisations with more than 1000 employees. Prior to joining Oxford PV Frank was President and CEO of SUSS MicroTec AG, a German manufacturer of semiconductor equipment with up to 250 mio US$ of sales. Under his leadership the company became listed in the “TecDAX”, the stock market index for the top 30 publicly traded technology companies in Germany. Having an engineering background (holding the equivalent of a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University Aachen, Germany) Frank spent the first 10 years of his career with semiconductor device companies like Siemens, National Semiconductors and ITT Semiconductors. During this time he held several sales and marketing roles from Key Account Manager, Product Manager to Marketing Director. In 1995 Frank moved to the equipment side of the semiconductor industry and General Manager at Applied Materials and Managing Director of Etec Systems Europe. As CEO of the startup “NawoTec GmbH” he led the successful development and market introduction of semiconductor manufacturing equipment utilising a breakthrough proprietary technology. He sold the company to the German conglomerate Carl Zeiss AG where he became CEO of the enlarged Business Unit and later President and CEO of Carl Zeiss’ US Operations based in Massachusetts. Frank has a proven track record in enhancing companies’ values equally by acquiring and divesting businesses and technologies.
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About Oxford PV: Oxford PV is a provider of perovskite solar cells.
Timothy Burne
Chief Executive Officer of Plastic Logic Germany
Highly skilled and respected results oriented CEO, with large and small company experience. Energetic and pragmatic people manager. Skilled at restructuring organisations to meet market demands and stakeholder expectations. Proven ability in building and managing both domestic and international sales, engineering and operations teams. Skilled in high-level sales and business development and in driving P&L all with an absolute commitment to the bottom line. An experienced project manager with a demonstrated focus and ability to deliver major products to market on schedule and on budget. Good relationship builder and communicator at all levels. An engineer by training, inquisitive, practical problem solving ability coupled with strategic thinking and commitment. International outlook, appreciating regional product market differences and multinational corporate culture. Specialties: Technology, Restructuring, Offshore Supply, Overseas Sales, Channel Sales, Fundraising, Sales and Purchases (Company), VC, Boot Strapping, Cash Control, NPI, Project Managment
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About Plastic Logic Germany: Plastic Logic Germany leads the way in developing, manufacturing and commercializing flexible electrophoretic displays (EPD).
Simon Kampa
CEO & Co-Founder of Senseye
Simon is the CEO of Senseye, a company exploiting the Internet of Things with advanced analytics and machine learning. Senseye’s vision is to enable everyone to benefit from such technologies, not just large organisations. Their product is currently undergoing beta testing within the agriculture, renewable and manufacturing sectors. In his previous position, he was the Managing Director of Critical Software, an advanced software engineering company serving the aerospace and defence industries. He holds a BSc in Computer Science and a PhD in the Semantic Web.
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About Senseye: Senseye is a cloud-based software for predictive maintenance.
Andrew Nelson
President & CEO of IQE
Andrew Nelson has over 30 years experience in the semiconductor industry in a variety of research and managerial positions. Following a PhD in Semiconductor Physics, he joined BT Research Laboratories in 1981, leading the group responsible for the development of advanced optoelectronic devices for optical fibre communications. He subsequently managed the technology transfer from BT to Agilent for mass production. He co-founded EPI in 1988 (which became IQE in 1999) and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of IQE Plc in April 1999. Andrew has held several Non-Executive Directorship appointments, and served on several Government and Industry bodies. He received an OBE in 2001 for services to the Electronics Industry. He is currently a member of the High Level Group appointed by the EC to oversee the implementation of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) throughout Europe.
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About IQE: IQE is the global leader in the design and manufacture of advanced semiconductor wafer products.
Ingvar Helgason
Co-founder and CEO of VitroLabs
Ingvar Helgason is Co-founder and CEO at VitroLabs Inc.
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About VitroLabs: We work with nature to create real leather from cells, that’s slaughter-free and better for the environment.
Gerard Rubio
CEO & Founder of Kniterate
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About Kniterate: Kniterate is an affordable and compact digital knitting machine for your workshop.
Stephanie Locke
CEO of Nightingale HQ
Steph is the founder of Locke Data, a data science consultancy, and Nightingale HQ, an online data strategy management platform. Steph has a decade of experience in insurance, finance, and cybersecurity and her consulting have seen her work across a variety of industries from horse racing to energy. A well-known educator and influencer, Steph is one of 60 Microsoft Most Valued Professionals in the AI space in the world.
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About Locke Data, Microsoft, Nightingale HQ: Helping manufacturers to increase productivity and empower workers with no-code AI-powered tools that eliminate repetitive processes fast
Kristian Tapaninaho
Founder & CEO of Ooni
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About Ooni: Ooni is the number one pizza oven brand in the world.
Gregory Lykiardopoulos
CEO of Triton Distribution Systems
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About Privileged World Travel Club, Triton Distribution Systems: Triton Distribution Systems offers proprietary products and services that fill crucial needs in the travel industry.
Alexander Schey
CEO & Co-Founder of Vantage Power
Alexander Schey is the Chief Commercial Officer & Electrification at Allison Transmission .
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About Allison Transmission Holdings, Vantage Power: Vantage Power designs and manufactures powertrain electrification and connectivity technologies for heavy-duty vehicles.
Ben Halford
CEO of Surface Generation
Ben is the founder of Surface Generation and has extensive knowledge of the use of advanced manufacturing, 3D printing and composites knowledge in the motorsport, aerospace, automotive sectors.
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About Surface Generation: Surface Generation is a privately-owned high technology and manufacturing company.
Mark Bernstein
Founder & CEO of Wearable Technologies
Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, Mark has spent the bulk of his career taking early stage technology companies from inception to exit. He has been involved in five IPOs, and has sat on UK LSE and AIM public company Boards for 20 years, including Moss Bros. Plc, a leading UK clothing retailer. Mark has worked with VCs and strategic equity partners including IBM, Motorola, BT, Sky and Dixons.
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About Visijax, Wearable Technologies: Wearable Technologies designs, manufactures, and distributes intelligent clothing that are embedded with washable electronics.
Will Butler-Adams
Chief Executive Officer of Brompton Bicycle
Will Butler-Adams is the chief executive officer at Brompton Bicycle.
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About Brompton Bicycle: Brompton Bicycle are the manufacturers of the Brompton folding bike, designed and built in their factory in West London, England.
Kostas Karachalios
Co-Founder and CEO of Perceptual Robotics
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About Perceptual Robotics: Perceptual Robotics is creating intelligent automation to make wind turbine and other infrastructure inspection simple and fast
Nigel Quine
CEO of Cuts Ice
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About Cuts Ice: Cuts Ice is the UK manufacturer and distributor of e-liquid for the independent vaping sector.
Daghan Cam
Co-founder and CEO of Ai Build
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About Ai Build: Developing Artificial Intelligence to make Manufacturing easy, smart, sustainable and affordable.
Adrian Thompson
CEO of imageHOLDERS
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About imageHOLDERS: Tablet Kiosk and Enclosure Manufacturers
Iain Silvester
Co-CEO / CFO of Plessey Semiconductors Ltd
Iain has over 20 years’ experience in private and public growth stage technology companies. Most recently, he was CFO of picoChip Inc. and Finance Director of Motion Media PLC, where he managed its IPO on the LSE in 2000. Iain holds a B.Sc. degree in Chemistry and is a qualified Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young where he specialised in corporate finance.
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About Plessey Semiconductors Ltd: Plessey is a British high-tech company operating in the field compound semiconductors.
Keith Strickland
Co-CEO / CTO of Plessey Semiconductors Ltd
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About Plessey Semiconductors Ltd: Plessey is a British high-tech company operating in the field compound semiconductors.
Jamie Potter
CEO & Co Founder of Flexciton
Jamie has led several projects with industrial clients across industrial sectors for clients including National Grid and RWE. Jamie graduated top of his year in Mathematics and Statistics from University of Oxford. Recently, Jamie was added to the 2018 Forbes 30 under 30 list.
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About Flexciton: Flexciton is an optimisation technology company solving complex scheduling problems in semiconductor wafer fabrication
Ann Kramer
CEO of The Electrospinning Company
Ann Kramer is CEO of The Electrospinning Company: a biomaterial platform company with applications in regenerative medicine and medical device markets.
Ann graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Natural Sciences and joined ICI Agrochemicals. Over almost 20 years with ICI, Zeneca and Syngenta she gained experience across the business including in research, sales, business development and M&A, with roles in the UK, USA and Switzerland. She managed the development of genetically modified food business streams in fresh produce crops. Since 2006 she has worked in the SME sector in the UK as Head of Business development for Oxitec Ltd. (acquired by Intrexon in 2015), COO of Immunocore Ltd. and CEO of Biosyntha Ltd. She joined The Electrospinning Company as CEO in 2012.
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About The Electrospinning Company: The Electrospinning Company is a provider of electrospun nanofibre innovations, developing solutions to industrial challenges.
Gus Bartholomew
Co-Founder & CEO of SupplyCompass
Gus Bartholomew is the Co-Founder and CEO of Supplycompass.
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About SupplyCompass: Empowering fashion brands and manufacturers to produce better, together.
Philip McAleese
Co Founder & CEO of See.Sense
Philip is a commuter cyclist with over 20 years experience in electronic and software engineering. After designing air traffic control simulators for National Air Traffic Services, he went on to design, build and maintain trading systems for several multinational investment banks. After inventing See.Sense to help make his cycle commuting journey safer, Philip left his corporate career to focus exclusively on See.Sense.
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About See.Sense: See.Sense creates award-winning products to improve rider safety, and technology that generates data needed by cities to improve mobility.
Michael Harris
CEO of Biocomposites
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About Biocomposites: Biocomposites is a manufacturer and marketer of calcium compound biologics.
Ram Krishnna Rao
Founder & CEO of MarketOrders
Founder & CEO Market Orders. 20 years + experience trading FX & Commodities within capital markets
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About MarketOrders: MarketOrders is a B2B tech-enabled marketplace connecting retailers directly to manufacturers to source gold & diamond jewellery products
Josh Hutchinson
CEO & Co-Founder of ARX Defence
Joshua Hutchinson is the CEO at ARX Defence.
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About ARX Defence: We design, manufacture and deploy effective and sustainable security.
Karl McGee
CEO of WCM
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About WCM: WCM combines engineering and manufacturing to produce automotive solutions for leading global brands.
Flavian Alexandru
CEO of Hypervolt
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About Hypervolt: UK based manufacturer and operator of a electric vehicle charging networks.
Chris O’Brien
Co-Founder and CEO of Optial
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About Optial: Optial is a successful global supplier of Enterprise-wide EHS, Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC).
Paul Forman
Chief Executive Officer of Essentra
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About Essentra: Essentra is a leading international supplier of specialist plastic, fiber, foam, and packaging products.
Jean de La Verpilliere
CEO and Co-founder of Echion Technologies
CEO @Echion Technologies.
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About Echion Technologies: Echion Technologies develops superfast-charging Li-ion batteries
Monika Tomecka
Executive Director, CEO & Co-Founder of uFraction8
Dr Monika Tomecka has a PhD with a background in biology, genetics and biomedical research. This gives her insight into the science and operations of uFraction8’s customer segments. She is able to converse at an appropriate level to engage and sell the benefits of uFraction8 technology.
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About uFraction8: uFraction8 develops microfluidics-based filtration systems to help bio-manufacturers to harvest biomass sustainably and more efficiently.
Joe McGirr
Founder and CEO of Boatyard Distillery
Joe McGirr is the founder and CEO at The Boatyard Distillery.
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About Boatyard Distillery: Boatyard Distillery is a farm-to-bottle distillery that produces farm to bottle organic spirits.
Craig Gallagher
Chief Executive Officer of MB Aerospace
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About MB Aerospace: MB Aerospace is a engine component manufacturer and repair business.
Hugh Cormican
CEO of Cirdan
Hugh, a founder of Cirdan, studied physics at Queens University Belfast. Also a founder and Director of Andor Technologies Plc, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by QUB in 2003. During his PhD studies Hugh became involved in the start-up of Andor Technology. In 2000 he was awarded the Institute of Physics Paterson medal and prize for commercialization of Physics in recognition of the success of Andor.
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About Cirdan: Cirdan delivers solutions that enable rapid implementation of a robust and scalable digital pathology workflow into a laboratory.
Sherif Elsayed-Ali
CEO of Carbon Re
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About Carbon Re: Artificial Intelligence and Climate Tech company decarbonizing energy-intensive manufacturing
Darius Maikstenas
CEO of Ignitis group
Darius Maikstenas is the CEO and chairman of the board at Ignitis group. He was the Founder and CEO of Widerfi.
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About Ignitis group: Ignitis Group is an international energy corporation that manufactures, distributes, supplies, and provides various energy-related services.
Young Kwon
Chief Executive Officer of Powerlase Photonics
CEO at Powerlase Photonics
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About Powerlase Photonics: Powerlase Photonics Ltd is an innovative, independent, high power laser company.
Rohan Rebello
Co-founder and CEO of Comma Care Limited
Cofounder & CEO, Comma Care Ltd(UK), a Healthcare Startup | Mechanical Engineer | Nexus, University of Leeds
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About Comma Care Limited: Heathcare Technology startup
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.
Tom Mason
Co-Founder and CEO of Bramble Energy
Tom has led the engineering and manufacturing development of the PCBFC since 2013. He was involved in the development of the PCBFC whilst working as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at UCL. With initial proof of concept shown, Tom was appointed as the technical lead of an InnovateUK funded manufacturing project (101979). As a co-founder of Bramble Energy Tom joined the company as a director and Chief Technology Officer when the company spun-out of the universities in late 2016 before moving to the role of CEO in September 2017. With close to 10 years of electrochemistry experience, Tom is the foremost authority on all things PCBFC. Tom’s appointment to the role of CEO brings a fresh approach to leading the Bramble Energy team.
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About Bramble Energy: Bramble Energy is an innovator energy technology company that designs and manufactures high-performance, low-cost, and fuel cell stack
Paul Cook
CEO of Healthium Medtech
Paul Cook is the CEO at Healthium Medtech.
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About Healthium Medtech: Healthium MedTech manufactures and sells a broad range of medical devices and consumable products.
Chris Emslie
Chief Executive Officer of Fibercore
A mechanical engineer by training, Chris joined the University of Southampton Optical Fiber Group in 1983, following an engineering internship at the Corning Glassworks optical fiber fabrication pilot facility. At Southampton, he studied under professors Alec Gambling and Sir David Payne. His Ph.D. subject was the fabrication of low-loss polymer optical fibers and he successfully developed an integrated purification, polymerisation and extrusion apparatus. His invited review paper of this technology published in the Journal of Material Science in 1988, is still considered to be a seminal work in the area. In 1987 he joined early spin-out company York VSOP in a commercial capacity, developing markets primarily for the ‘Bow-Tie’ geometry polarisation maintaining fibers and erbium doped fibers. From this time onwards he has been the hands-on driving force, translating customer needs into fiber specifications that remain manufacturable, whilst delivering at least the desired levels of performance. He is also credited as co-inventor of the manufacturing technique used to produce the all-silica, dual-clad, rare-earth doped fiber that has probably been used in more of the world’s high power fiber amplifiers than any other design.
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About Fibercore: Fibercore designs and manufactures fiber.
Clive Minihan
CEO of Test & Treat
Clive Minihan is the Chief Executive Officer of Test & Treat.
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About Test & Treat: Test & Treat is a medical device company that manufactures and supplies company to worldwide veterinary markets.
Alfie Cheyne
CEO & Founder of ACE Winches
Alfie is CEO and founder of ACE Winches. Graduating with a Marine Engineering Apprenticeship, Alfie worked as a Downhole Valve Specialist in the oil industry. In tandem he opened a marine and hydraulic engineering workshop manufacturing deck equipment, to service the fishing industry. As the fishing business took a down turn, Alfie looked to new markets, primarily offshore oil and gas for ACE winches and deck machinery. ACE Winches is the trading name of Alfred Cheyne Engineering Limited and over the last fifteen years Alfie has seized opportunities to establish engineering, hire equipment, hire personnel, service and winch academy divisions. Alfie was named Scottish CEO of the Year 2013 at the Scottish Business Awards and the 2012 Institute of Directors’ Global Director of the Year. A series of prestigious awards for ACE Winches has been attained over the years including two prestigious Queen’s Awards for Enterprise in International Trade.
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About ACE Winches: A global leader in the design, manufacture and hire of winches.
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.
Charlotte Wiles
Chief Executive Officer of Chemtrix
Dr. Charlotte Wiles has been actively researching within the area of micro reactor technology for ten years, starting with a PhD entitled `Micro reactors in organic chemistry`, which she obtained from The University of Hull in 2003. In the past decade she has authored many scientific papers and review articles, recently co-authoring a book on the subject ‘Micro reaction technology in organic synthesis’. More recently, she has tailored her experience to the development and evaluation of commercially available continuous flow reactors, systems and peripheral equipment.
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About Chemtrix: Chemtrix supplies complete and customized microreactor systems for R&D and commercial manufacturing.
Yang Liu
Co-founder & CEO of JustWears
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About JustWears: JustWears is an essential wear brand for urban men.
Steve Barber
CEO of Sepura
Steve joined Sepura in 2002 to manage the company’s portfolio of TETRA products, later expanding his role to encompass management of interoperability and standardisation across the whole group. He has more than 20 years’ experience in the analogue and digital PMR industry and over 13 years in digital fixed line communications. Prior to joining Sepura, Steve held a variety of technical and operational positions at Simoco, ACIS, GEC-Marconi and British Telecom.
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About Sepura: Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products
Gordon Watling
CEO of Sepura
Gordon was appointed Chief Executive Officer in 2008, having joined the company as Chief Operating Officer in 2006. He has over 20 years’ international experience leading operations and development teams at Schlumberger and Agilent. He has also held directorships at Invensys and Honeywell.
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About Sepura: Sepura is a global leader in the design, manufacture and supply of digital radio products
Craig Hayman
CEO of AVEVA
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About AVEVA: AVEVA is an engineering IT software provider to plant, power, and marine industries.
David Uram
Founder and CEO of Factory Bucket
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About Factory Bucket: A no-code solutions for the manufacturing industry to automate processes from production to supply chain and everything in between
Andy Archibald
Interim CEO of Projectina
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About Projectina: PROJECTINA specializes in the development and manufacture of forensic science products.
Gavin Griggs
Chief Executive Officer of XP Power
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About XP Power: XP Power is a developer and manufacturer of critical power control components for the electronics industry.
