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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 Director operating in the Electronics 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.
Renaud Di Francesco
Director – Europe Technology Standards of Sony
Renaud Di Francesco joined Sony in 1998 to develop its external R&D cooperation, then leading its first Digital Cinema project. He is now in charge of the standardisation activity for Europe, with projects involving R&D and committee contributions. His current interests include energy efficiency, network architectures, M2M, multimedia from large venue cinema to personal wrist-watch formats, Mobility, M2M, industrial Internet and real time systems, user interface and accessibility, AAL. In previous assignments, he has worked for the European Commission, coordinating the preparation of Telecom Councils of Ministers, and earlier he managed the portfolio of network management, security and e-commerce in the Advanced Communications Technologies and Services programme. He started his career as a researcher in real time detection and speech coding (PhD, patent) at France Telecom, where he then became department head for new satellite services. His next move was to develop the multi-operator projects of France Telecom in core network (SDH, IP over ATM), service (ACE2000) and R&D (Eurescom).
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About CEN and CENELEC, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Nick Rooke
Senior Director, Head of Global Partner Operations of Sony
Nick Rooke is the Senior Director, Head of Global Partner Operations at PlayStation
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About PlayStation, Sony: Sony develops and manufactures audio, video, communications, and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets.
Eman Martin-Vignerte
Director of Bosch
Eman Martin-Vignerte was born in Qatar and studied Electrical Engineering in Paderborn/Germany at the “Paderborn University” and Medical Equipment Engineering at the university in Ulm/Germany. She joined Bosch in 1999 as SW engineer to work for common rail diesel engine, where she developed SW and HW for the Electronic Diesel Control (EDC) during the first 4 years. In 2004, she moved on to the automotive division responsible for Hyundai customer to become a team leader for the change management activities. Three years later she took on responsibility for business development for Healthcare Telemedicine in the UK. From 2013, she is the Head of Political Affairs and Government Relation. Eman is also responsible for Bosch’s Smart City activities in the UK.
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About Bosch: The Bosch Group is a global supplier of technology and services.
Andreas Lane
Creative Director of Smarter
Andreas Lane is an award winning designer and has an extensive background in product design and manufacturing. Andreas has previously set up his own business in interior design and retail. As a founding partner at Smarter, Andreas works alongside the CEO, is responsible for the planning and management of product development and design. Andreas manages a team of manufacturers, engineers and developers in the UK and manufacturers in Asia. He oversees the entire product development cycle from concept, feature creation to design and mass production. Andreas is responsible for the development of Smarter’s brand and design. He has created the Smarter product range from physical products, packaging and print to the software and its apps.
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Isabella Lane
Managing Director of Smarter
Isabella is responsible for ensuring that the visions and strategic plans of the Board and CEO are realised and translated into the day-to-day running of the business. Isabella has oversight of each department from finance to customer services keeping the various teams motivated and driven to reach Smarter’s goals and targets. As a founding partner at Smarter, Isabella has extensive experience in all aspects of the business. Being instrumental alongside the CMO for strategic partnerships, Isabella has worked with some of the largest names in the industry e.g. Bosch, Unilever, Amazon, John Lewis.
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Darren Barson
Finance Director of Smarter
As Finance Director at Smarter, and in addition to overall ownership of the core Finance function, Darren is part of the management team and provides commercial insight and support across a variety of key business decisions. Darren joins Smarter having spent the past 7 years working in Asia across various commercial finance roles, most recently as Head of Financial Operations for St James’s Place Wealth Management (FTSE). “Joining the Smarter team was one of the easiest decisions I’ve ever had to make. The industry leading products, global opportunity and the team translates into a journey I had to be part of.”
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Ran Janda
Executive Director of Smarter
Ran heads Internal Operations and is the Executive Director at Smarter, London. Ran has visibility of all the departments in the business. She has over five years’ experience in technology startups. Ran is responsible for ensuring that the business has the best working environment and processes in place. To this end, she has grown the business from four to 30 employees, overseen a major office move from Croydon to London. Ran is also responsible for HR, day-to-day internal management and also manages logistics for major exhibitions and conferences the Smarter attends. Before joining Smarter, Ran worked for Xively Ltd, an IoT connected product management platform. She had overall responsibility for the day-to-day financial management as well as supporting the growth of the company in recruitment and HR. Over the course of two years, the company experienced rapid growth and was acquired by Boston-based remote access firm LogMeIn in 2011 for $15M.
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About Smarter: Smarter develops connected kitchen products that bridge the gap between the traditional and smart kitchen.
Dennis Curry
Executive Director and Deputy CTO, Technology Fellow of Konica Minolta
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About Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta is an Innovative Company and continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging.
Sarah Stone
Director of People and Culture of Konica Minolta
Sarah is part of the UK Board at Konica Minolta Business Solutions, an Intelligent Data company with 43,000 employees worldwide. With over 30 years of experience in Human Resources, she has vast experience of Talent Management, Organisational and Cultural change. Her Strategic Thought Leadership surrounds creating great places to work and championing both Inclusion and CSR. Her current role is responsible for People Strategy, Employee Experience including workplace, Compliance and Internal/External Branding She previously has worked within the Financial Services Industry, including AIG and RSA Insurance. Sarah believes in constantly Rethinking how we do things as the world evolves and her purpose is to help people be the best they can be in life.
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About Konica Minolta: Konica Minolta is an Innovative Company and continues to create inspiring products and services in the field of imaging.
Alessandro Benedetti
Director of Versatile Systems
Alessandro Benedetti joined Equus Total Return as Director in 2010.
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About Equus Total Return,Inc., Versatile Systems: Versatile Systems is a organization that specializes in the field of Data Management.
Stephen Bonner
Executive Director, Regulatory Futures of Information Commissioner’s Office
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About Information Commissioner’s Office: The ICO is a U.K.-based independent body set up to uphold information rights.
Martin Arumemi
Co-Founder & Managing Director of EE
Arumemi-Ikhide is the MD and Founder of EE. He also serves as the MD of Hansworth Ltd and General Manager of Engineering for Rockson Engineering. In both Hansworth and Rockson Engineering he is responsible for the leadership, execution and construction of the 4 NIPP power plants in FGN. He has lead the firm to the successful commissioning of the first phase of the 1074MW Alaoji CCGT plant. He is also progressing the completion of the 225MW Omoku, 225MW Gbarain and 338MW Egbema OCGT also based in FGN. Prior to joining Hansworth, Dr Arumemi-Ikhide worked for GE Power and Water for more than seven years as a Senior Project Manager, overseeing the execution of several landmark projects. At GE he was the Project Manager for two combined cycle plants that were using GE 9FB based in Spain and Turkey notably. Whilst at GE, he was on the fast track of the firm’s world renowned leadership programme. Dr Arumemi-Ikhide holds a Doctorate of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering from Warwick University. He also holds a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Birmingham. He possesses and is attending a number of business management executive courses including leadership programme from Boston University and is currently completing a leadership programme at Oxford University Business School.
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About EE, Rockson Engineering: EE is a telecommunications company that provides 4G mobile and fixed fiber broadband services to personal and business customers.
Neil Sawyer
Commercial Channel & Edu/SMB Director of HP
Neil Sawyer is Director of Education for HP in the UK&I. Over the last 15 years Neil has developed a broad knowledge of the key solutions, partnerships and insights that have helped a number of schools, colleges and Universities in their decision making and investment in educational technology.
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About HP: HP is a manufacturer and seller of personal computers, printers, computer hardwares, and business solutions.
Chris Shore
Director of Endpoint Ai Ecosystem of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Robin Randhawa
Technical Director for System Software of Arm Holdings
Robin Randhawa is a Technical Director for System Software Architecture with Arm’s Open Source Software group. He is responsible for open source software strategy focusing on safety critical deployments, primarily autonomous functions. Robin has been with Arm for 12 years working in various operating system themed roles. Prior to joining Arm, he worked with MIPS in the Linux kernel group.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Rob Coombs
Director, ATG, and Director of Ecosystem and Alliances, SSD of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Andrew Hopkins
Director, System Technology of Arm Holdings
Andrew leads the development of UltraDebug® and an associated technical marketing package. He is experienced in all aspects of computer architecture including SoC design, system level development support and embedded systems engineering. He has managed large multi-institution engineering programs with elite international partners. He has 4 patents pending, numerous technical publications and has served as a referee for several IEEE, IET and Elsevier journals. Andrew obtained a top first in Computer System Engineering from the University of Kent in 2003 where he also took the IEE (IET) prize for the highest placed BEng.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Stefano Cadario
Director Software Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Grant Likely
Software Senior Technical Director of Arm Holdings
Grant is a well known Linux engineer who got his start building embedded Linux systems. Grant soon picked up maintainership of several platforms and subsystems including Devicetree, SPI and GPIO, and played a major part in cleaning up support for embedded platforms in Linux. Grant has also helped support the Linux developer community in the organization of several community conferences and having served as chair and board member of the Linux Foundation’s Technical Advisory Board. He currently is a senior technical director at Arm in the Open Source Software group where he is responsible for networking and SmartNIC software architecture. Previously roles include Distinguished Technologist at HPE, and a Linaro Fellow.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Mike Eftimakis
Director of Business Innovation Strategy of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Tom Conway
Director, Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Sujil Kottekkat
Technical Director of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Phillip Burr
Senior Director, Business Transformation and Portfolio Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Colin Alexander
Director of Networking Marketing, Infrastructure Line of Business of Arm Holdings
Colin has worked for ARM for the last 5 years helping to deliver the appropriate system-level ARM IP and eco-system support for the networking infrastructure. At ARM, he focuses on the needs of the cellular infrastructure requirements to support the diverse latency, throughput and power targets for 4G and now 5G. Colin interacts closely with a mix of ARM partners, OEMs and network operators. Previously, Colin has held numerous positions in a range of established and start up companies working to meet Infrastructure and Networking industry requirements.
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About Arm Holdings, OpenFog Consortium: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Antonio Priore
Director of Functional Safety of Arm Holdings
Antonio Priore works for Arm as Director of Functional Safety. He leads the functional safety related processes and strategy in Arm where he is responsible for showing support for multiple safety related standards. Antonio is a Chartered Engineer with a career spanning more than a decade in Functional Safety Engineering across different domains including Automotive, Aerospace, Industrial and Railway.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
David Maidment
Director Secure Devices Ecosystem & Director IoT Devices Strategy of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Pablo Fraile
Director of Ecosystems and Director of Home Segment of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Aditya Bedi
Director of Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Geraint North
Senior Director, Client Computing and Machine Learning Tools of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Govind Wathan
Director of Product Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Kinjal Dave
Director Solution Management of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Rod Watt
Director Vehicle Architecture and System Analysis of Arm Holdings
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Daniel Owens
Director of Product Management, Models of Arm Holdings
Daniel Owens is the Director of Product Management for Models at Arm, responsible for simulation products at Arm. Daniel has over 20 years experience in embedded electronics and has previously held management positions for CodeWarrior, Realview and DS-5 software development tools.
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About Arm Holdings: Arm Holdings is a multinational semiconductor company that designs, produces, and licenses IP for digital electronic product development.
Peter Chambre
Member of the Board of Directors of Spectris
Peter Chambré has extensive experience in the pharmaceutical industry and significant board experience, having held a number of senior and non-executive positions in healthcare companies, including as chief executive officer of Cambridge Antibody Technology Group plc (until its acquisition by AstraZeneca PLC in 2006), chairman of ApaTech Limited and non-executive director of BTG plc. Prior to that he was chief operating officer of Celera Genomics Group and chief executive of Bespak plc. Chairman of 7TM Pharma A/S, Immatics Biotechnologies GmbH and Cancer Research Technology Ltd. Director of OneMed Sverige AB and Imperial Innovations Group plc. Trustee of Cancer Research UK.
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About : Spectris is a supplier of productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls.
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.
David Tupman
Member of the Board of Directors of Cirrus Logic
Tupman is a long-time innovator and technology executive, most recently serving as vice president of iPhone and iPod Engineering at Apple from 2001-2011 where he led the development of numerous hardware products. Tupman previously served as hardware engineering manager at Psion Computers from 1995-2001 and his career also includes key engineering positions at Schlumberger and Caterpillar Ltd. Dr. Tupman, who is a citizen of both the UK and United States and holds more than 30 U.S. and worldwide patents, received his bachelor of engineering degree, and an honorary doctorate in science, from Salford University and his HTEC in electrical engineering, with distinctions, from De Montfort University in Leicester.
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About : Cirrus Logic, Inc. is a premier supplier of high-precision analog and digital signal processing components for audio and energy markets.
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.
Jonathan Woolf
Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration of O2
Jonathan Woolf serves as the Program Director, Intelligent Journey Orchestration at O2.
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About O2: O2 provides services such as non-voice services, including text, media messaging, games, music, and video, as well as data connections.
Colin Roughan
Managing Director, Asia Pacific of SquareTrade
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About SquareTrade, The Natural Edition: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Kevin Gillan
Managing Director Europe of SquareTrade
As SquareTrade’s Managing Director for Europe, Kevin is responsible for driving the company’s growth and international expansion.
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About SquareTrade: SquareTrade is an independent warranty provider for consumer electronics and appliances.
Lilian Lin
Director of FP&A of dealmoon.com
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About dealmoon.com: Dealmoon is the largest Chinese shopping and lifestyle advisory site in the U.S. with offices in U.K., Australia, France and China.
Philip Marnick
Group Director, Spectrum of Ofcom
Philip Marnick has over 20 years of experience in the wireless communications industry. He is the group director of spectrum at [Ofcom](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ofcom#/entity), a communications regulator that regulates the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms, mobiles, postal services, and more. Previously, he served as the chief technology officer of SpinVox. Prior to joining SpinVox, Marnick served as vice president of industry development at O2. He was also the managing director of service planning for J-Phone Japan and the head of mobile multimedia for BT Group.
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About Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
Cristina Data
Director of Insight and Analysis of Ofcom
Cristina is the Director of Spectrum Information and Analysis at Ofcom, Cristina and her team are responsible for providing insight on market trends and their impact on spectrum demand across all sectors. Cristina is also overseeing Ofcom commitment to promote further spectrum sharing in the UK. Before joining Ofcom Cristina worked for Red Bee Media (now Ericsson) heading market intelligence and research within Strategy, and prior to that she held group strategy/performance management positions at both Orange UK (now EE) and Telefonica. Cristina started her career joining the graduate management programme of the FIAT Group (Fiat Grade) working in the UK and Belgium. Cristina holds a degree in Engineering from the Politecnico di Torino and a Post graduate in international relationships.
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About Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
Ian Macrae
Director of Market Intelligence of Ofcom
Ian currently works as Ofcom’s director of market intelligence.
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About Ofcom: Ofcom is the UK’s communications regulator.
Ilya Feige
Director of Artificial Intelligence of Faculty Science
Ilya Feige is the head of data science and the head of research at Faculty. He ensures that cutting-edge machine learning is used across all Faculty’s commercial data science projects. Previously, Ilya worked at McKinsey & Company, helping to deploy artificial intelligence for some of the world’s largest brands. He’s also an honorary senior research fellow in artificial intelligence at UCL. Ilya was awarded the Goldhaber prize for the best PhD in theoretical physics from Harvard University, and the Governor General’s award for the single highest ranked undergraduate student at McGill University.
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About Faculty Science: Faculty provides data science and engineering training services.
Mike Warren
Operations Director of Nextbase
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About Nextbase: Nextbase design and manufacture dash cameras.
Peter Maskell
Managing Director of Koninklijke Philips
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About Koninklijke Philips: Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services.
Hayden Vivash
Financial Director of Koninklijke Philips
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About Koninklijke Philips: Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services.
Martin Armstrong
Legal Director/Company Secretary of Koninklijke Philips
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About Koninklijke Philips: Koninklijke Philips is a technology company that provides healthcare, consumer lifestyle, and lighting products, solutions, and services.
Jolyon Tidmarsh
Co-Founder and Technology Director of Keit
Jolyon has significant experience in establishing technology based start-up businesses and managing technical projects, with previous successes in the fields of online drinks quality measurement, and bio-fuels. With a degree in Applied Physics, Jolyon has a technical background in designing optical systems in the infra-red with particular applications in spectroscopy, telecommunications and optical fibre sensing.
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About Keit: Keit’s microFTS® design is a Fourier Transform Infrared spectrometer that is smaller, lighter and more rugged than any current system.
Anthony Piggott
Technical Director of Elmtronics
A self-motivated and strategic minded professional with a good eye for detail and logical thinking. I successfully combine my business management with the technical overview and hands on approach to the business. I am logical with a practical approach to problem solving and strive to deliver results. I am committed to building a successful business career within the low emission vehicle industry. I have gained experience working within a B2C and B2B environment and also in a busy business environment. I enjoy engaging with various markets and clients to understand their charging needs and how the team can deliver the final result. My experience of running a business has taught me the importance of building customer relationships within business and also the importance of maintaining and increasing the reputation of the company, through effective use of communication and customer care. I am news hungry and actively keep up to date with world, current and industry affairs to further develop the business.
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About Elmtronics: Elmtronics are the UK’s largest independent supplier and installer of electric car charging points.
Eamonn O’Hare
Independent Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Dialog Semiconductor
Eamonn joined the Board in May 2014 as an independent non-executive Director. He was appointed as Chair of the Audit Committee in December 2014 and was replaced by Alan Campbell in July 2015. Eamonn has spent over two decades as CFO of some of the world’s fastest-growing consumer and technology businesses. From 2009 to 2013, he was CFO and main board member of the UK’s leading entertainment and communications business, Virgin Media Inc. and led its successful sale to Liberty Global Inc. in 2013. From 2005 to 2009, he served as CFO of the UK operations of one of the world’s largest retailers, Tesco plc. Before joining Tesco he was CFO and Board Director at Energis Communications and led the successful turnaround of this high profile UK telecoms company. Prior to this Eamonn spent ten years at PepsiCo Inc. in a series of senior executive roles in Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Eamonn spent the early part of his career in the aerospace industry with companies that included Rolls-Royce PLC and BAE Systems PLC.
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About : Dialog Semiconductor makes energy-efficient, highly-integrated, and mixed signal ICs for mobile, IoT, and solid state lighting applications.
Ivor Guiney
Technical Director of Paragraf
Ivor’s experience is in physics, engineering and semiconductor materials, with focuses on solid state device development, epitaxial growth advancement and novel materials development. He has taken the lead on projects which have developed new combinations of functional materials with a view to linking innovative science with real-world applications. Throughout numerous projects, Ivor has taken charge of material deposition and characterisation for electronic and optoelectronic devices to solve issues endemic to the semiconductor industry. Ivor has held positions both in the commercial world of capital equipment manufacture and academia as a senior physicist at the University of Cambridge. He also sits on the Institute of Physics Semiconductor Committee.
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About Paragraf: Paragraf develop and deliver game-changing, commercial-quality, graphene-based electronic devices using contamination-free technology.
John Halfpenny
Director of Paragraf
John has a successful track record as a Director and CXO of several high tech and clean tech companies with experience in company level transactions in all areas of the business life cycle, including start up to sale, and floatation on AIM. John has considerable commercial experience from holding senior positions within global companies such as ARM and Texas Instruments. He has extensive international commercial experience, having negotiated IP licensing, outsourced manufacturing, distributor and joint venture agreements with organisations across Europe, Asia and the US. John has a Masters’ degree in Engineering Science from The University of Cambridge and currently holds a variety of non-executive and advisory positions within the science community, John is also a Fellow of The Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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About : Paragraf develop and deliver game-changing, commercial-quality, graphene-based electronic devices using contamination-free technology.
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.
Nigel Pusey
Director of essDOCS
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About essDOCS: essDOCS enables paperless trade; focusing on digitizing paper-heavy shipping, trade and logistic processes.
Michael Skou Christensen
General Director, Asia of Satcom Direct
Michael Skou Christensen has 10 years of experience with satellite communications within the private aviation industry. In 2013, Christensen lead the opening of SD’s Australasia office, where he acted as Managing Director until 2016. He is now the Vice President for SD International, where he is responsible for establishing and growing the sales, support, marketing and training presence across the international business. His various roles throughout his time in aviation has seen him involved with many different parts of the value chain, from OEMs, completion centers and end-customers. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering, and a master’s degree in International Management.
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About Satcom Direct, Satcom Direct: Satcom Direct is the preferred aeronautical connectivity solution for flight deck and cabin communications serving business, military.
Jimmy Kyriacou
Founder & Director of Unbox
Jimmy Kyriacou is the creator of #BehindTheFace and UNBOX, which is a collective of like minded entrepreneurs, creatives, scientists, artists and film makers with a shared vision of the future. UNBOX merges art, music & cutting edge technology with a specific focus on Augmented Reality. Enquiries & INFO : hello@unboxlondon.com
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About Unbox: Unbox is a blog site about electronics and the way they work and operate.
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.
Andrew Gossage
Managing Director 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.
Tony O’Brien
Managing Director of Dynniq
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About Dynniq: Dynniq is a technical service provider specialized in the design, manufacturing, installation and maintenance of electronic systems.
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
Chris Fuller
Director, Solutions Engineering – Shape of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Gary Newe
Technical Director of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Chris Fuller
Director, Solutions Engineering – Shape of F5
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About F5: F5 Networks provides application security and delivery tools.
Ollie Marshall
Managing Director of Maplin Electronics
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About Maplin Electronics: Maplin Electronics is an online retailer of consumer electronics.
Prem Rajalingham
Managing Director of Frontier Smart Technologies
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About Frontier Smart Technologies: Frontier Smart Technologies is a supplier of digital audio solutions.
Dmitro Khroma
Director Of Engineering of Swytch
Dmitro is an exceptional team member and essential Swytch component. He studied Engineering Design at the University of Bristol, specialising in Mechanical Engineering. Claiming to have been cycling before he was walking he loves being able to combine his advanced mechanical engineering practical experience with his passion for cycling and electric transport. Dmitro is a Royal Academy of Engineering Leaders Scholar and worked at Cambridge Consultants, a world leading engineering firm, where he developed ground-breaking electro-mechanical products with some challenging and exciting technical problems. None of which he will reveal to us, although there were rumours of a fruit-picking robot and a precision delivery drone so we’ll have to take his word for that. It was good enough for us and we are exceptionally lucky he has been such a big part of the Swytch product development and will be with us in the future for our next adventures.
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About Swytch: Instantly convert any bike into an eBike (electric bike)
Hayley Bishop
Founder & Technical Director of Swytch
Hayley came onto this project right at the beginning – practically for the first heartbeat of the product after joining the team during the Shanghai Bike Fair in 2016. With 12 years’ experience in Software Development and Design she is responsible for the management and delivery of all of our online content, branding, and marketing material. She has worked on a number of large high profile internal software development projects whilst running her own Design and Development company for the past 5 years which makes project managing such an exciting project, a necessary skill for us to take full advantage of. In almost exactly the same way as our customers, business aquaintences, friends and family members, Hayley reacted to electric bikes and in particular the Swytch bike; she wanted to be part of this movement and to get her hands on a Swytch bike as soon as possible. And what better way to do that then join the team!
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About Swytch: Instantly convert any bike into an eBike (electric bike)
Paul Wilson
Director of Product Marketing of Kandou Bus
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About Kandou Bus: KANDOU specializes in the design of high-speed, and pin- and energy-efficient chip-to-chip links, SerDes, and associated technologies.
Nermine Dardir
Regional Director Of Business Development of Wearable Technologies
Nermine has extensive experience in developing retail channels, supply chain, workforce and operations management. Her specialisation lies in channel management, Nermine is working with the WTL team in building the company’s global distribution networks with a focus on the Middle East. She will also be advising the Company’s Internet of Things/Mobile strategy and in particular its relationships with global mobile operators such as Vodafone where she previously spent much of her career.
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About Wearable Technologies: Wearable Technologies designs, manufactures, and distributes intelligent clothing that are embedded with washable electronics.
Ian Bickerstaff
Director of Immersive Video Technology of Playstation Network
Ian Bickerstaff is the Director of Director of Immersive Video Technology for Playstation Network. He is currently developing techniques to portray live action subjects in virtual reality. He is one of the founders of PlayStation VR and was influential in its hardware and software development. His background is in stereoscopic 3D and visual simulation. Previously, he worked on advanced immersive display systems for the aerospace industry and played a major part in developing the world’s first Formula 1 driving simulator for a top motor racing team.
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About Playstation Network: PlayStation Network is an online multiplayer gaming and digital media delivery service for PlayStation’s portable video game consoles.
Adrian Chamberlain
Non-Executive Director of Volex
Since joining Achilles in 2011, Adrian has spearheaded Achilles’ global expansion. He has over 30 years’ experience of implementing strategies and improvement programmes for global businesses across the telecommunications, retail, consulting and IT outsourcing industries.This includes two years working as CEO for the listed property group Bovis Lend Lease, with responsibility for its EMEA region. In the late 1990s he ran the UK’s largest residential cable television, internet and telephony business for Cable & Wireless Communications plc. Over five years, he progressed through the organisation, securing Main Board Director roles in the Global Services, and Strategy and Corporate Development divisions. In 2006, Adrian was appointed Chief Executive Officer for MessageLabs – a leading anti-virus and spam security company. In November 2008 MessageLabs was acquired by Symantec for £400 million. He was subsequently appointed Senior Vice President of Symantec Hosted Services and became a member of the company’s operations board. In 2011, Adrian became a Non-Executive Director of the independent hosting company UK2 Group. With an MA from Cambridge University and an MBA from the London Business School, he is married with four children and lives in Hertfordshire.
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About : Volex plc delivers high quality power cords,electronic interconnect and fiber optic cable solutions vital for high-tech products & services.
Andrew Dennis
Executive Director of Product Management, Andor Technology & Bitplane AG of Andor Technology
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About Andor Technology: Andor Technology (Andor) is based in Belfast, Northern Ireland and operates at the high-value end of the global scientific digital camera.
Dave Froker
Managing Director of Focusrite
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About Focusrite: Focusrite is a global music and audio products group supplying hardware and software products used by professional and amateur musicians.
Steve Noyes
Founder & Managing Director of Syncbox
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About Syncbox: Syncbox is the Worlds’ only universally adaptable, invisible wiring & hidden socket system.
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.
Marcus Perrett
Managing Director of Instinet
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About Instinet: Instinet, along with its subsidiaries, provides online security brokerage and electronic trading services.
Richard Cooper
Commercial Director of Cascade Technologies
Richard is an academically and professionally trained manager with 25 years experience in international manufacturing and project management and experience of company set up. He has been involved in diverse operations including capital projects, the repair and overhaul of complex (Rolls Royce) jet engines for military and civil use as well as medium volume vehicle production. He has undertaken many personal initiatives to improve business effectiveness, requiring strong analytical skills and a variety of facilitation and management techniques in unionised and non-unionised environments. Mr Cooper received his engineering degree from Strathclyde University in Glasgow in 1979. He set up Scotland’s first Medical Device sterilisation company and subsequently ran his own consultancy company. In his consulting role he helped companies with organisation development, acted as a production manager and carried out equipment engineering work in the production of optical crystals in the photonics industry. He sits on the Scottish board of the Bio Industry Association and is a Director and Vice Chairman of Medical Devices in Scotland.
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About Cascade Technologies, Cascade Technologies: Cascade Technologies enables users monitor greenhouse and general industrial emissions, hazardous gases, explosives and drugs.
David Floyd
Co Founder & Director of Bullitt Group
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About Bullitt Group: Bullitt Group offers go-to-market solutions for brands that wish to extend into mobile or audio products.
Mark Catchpole
Commercial Director of Conductive Transfers
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About Conductive Transfers: Conductive Transfers is a British smart technology brand.
David Lawson
Managing Director AO Retail of AO World
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About AO World: AO World is a online retailer company.
Caroline Moran
Director of Commercial of AO World
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About AO World: AO World is a online retailer company.
Mili Tharakan
Director of Technology of Tilt Textiles
Mili John Tharakan loves all things textile and has been practicing in the field of e-textiles over the last decade. Her interest lies especially in the merging of electronics with textile materials and techniques, creating products that lie at the intersection of textiles and gadgets. A post graduate from Manchester Metropolitan University, Mili has held research positions with the Mixed Reality Lab at the National University of Singapore and the Smart Textiles Design Lab at the Swedish School of Textiles, researching on various smart and e-textile topics. In 2014, under the mother company Welspun, Mili set up TILT, a company developing Smart Home Textiles for the consumer market with a focus on developing e-textiles solutions for the home. Her current interest lies in understanding and resolving the challenges of scaling e-textiles for production, and designing great smart home textile experiences for the consumers. TILT launched its first products, SpinTales Enchanted Duvet and SpinTales Jungle Rug, during Holiday 2016 in the US.
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About Tilt Textiles: An innovative smart home company
Lee Weymouth
Commercial Director of Ebuyer
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About Ebuyer: This is the official Pinterest for Ebuyer.com!
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.
Mark Elwood
Marketing Director of TeleWare
Mark Elwood is the Marketing Director at TeleWare, an innovative software vendor based in Yorkshire. With more than 20 years’ Marketing experience. A graduate from Teesside University, Mark started his career at Home Retail Group later joined Bupa, heading the marketing communications team. Before joining TeleWare, Mark established his own Marketing consultancy, working with clients including Shell, Brother and several start-ups. During his time at TeleWare, Mark has transformed the marketing function, leading product launches including Re:Call and has led TeleWare to several award wins.
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About TeleWare: TeleWare creates software to help businesses communicate better with their customers & employees by routing communications more effectively
Ann Simon
Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors of Lumacron Technology Ltd
Ann Simon has worked in finance, particulary in the life sciences and technology sectors, since 1985. Ann is currently a Non-Executive Member of the Board of Directors at Scientific Digital Imaging (where she chairs the audit committee) and Lumacron and is providing consultancy in the areas of finance, strategic planning, enablement and funding to development-stage life sciences companies including Peptinnovate and OBS Medical. Over the past 15 years Ann has held roles including chairman of OBS Medical and Chief Financial Officer of Pyreos, mLED, Sphere Medical Holding, Genosis, Mirada Solutions, NextGen Sciences, e-San and Bioglan Pharma. Prior to that Ann undertook corporate finance advisory work at Cazenove & Co. over more than a decade for clients ranging from start-ups to FTSE100 companies. Ann has managed IPOs (London full list and AIM), corporate acquisitions and trade sales and fund raisings in the public and private markets. Ann was on the FSA’s Financial Information Theme Team from 2002 to 2003. Ann earned her Ph.D. and B.A. degrees in Physics from the University of Cambridge.
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About : Lumacron’s products target the monitoring of next generation packet-optical networks.
Fauzan Adziman
Founder and Director of OxMet Technologies
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About OxMet Technologies: OxMet Technologies develops, licenses, and manufactures proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components.
Enrique Alabort Martinez
Co-Founder and Programme Director of OxMet Technologies
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About OxMet Technologies: OxMet Technologies develops, licenses, and manufactures proprietary alloys, alloy powders and alloy components.
Barry Waddilove
Design Director, Sustainability of Electrolux
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About Electrolux: Electrolux is a multinational home appliance manufacturer for professional use.
Daniel Counsell
Director/Founder of Realmac Software
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About Realmac Software, Realmac Software: Realmac is a software platform that develops applications for Mac and iOS operating systems.
Graham Lilleystone
Managing Director UK & Ireland of Castles Technology
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About Castles Technology: Castles Technology is a leading global provider of state of the art innovative, secure and affordable payment solutions.
Carol Herdman
Finance Director of Pyronix Ltd
I would describe Pyronix as a friendly environment where staff have a commitment to providing good service. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG after University, before moving into the manufacturing industry as a Financial Controller. I then moved to a freight forwarder for a period, before moving to Pyronix 13 years ago. Since then I have progressed from Financial Controller to Finance Director. I enjoy the fast pace of a manufacturing environment and there are always new challenges to consider, although help and support is always on hand when you need it.
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Laurence Kenny
Marketing Director of Pyronix Ltd
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Valeri Filianov
Product Director of Pyronix Ltd
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Guy Dodd
Sales Director of Pyronix Ltd
Pyronix is very ethical, honest and open business. Independently owned, which gives us the freedom to innovate and react quickly to market trends and needs. With this being a privately owned company, directors and decision makers are available to their customers. Before I was an enginner, from an apprentice to an installation engineer, to a service engineer with an NSI company in Birmingham for 14 years. Working for Pyronix, I get to work in the industry that I trained to be in – in many ways I’m still and engineer at heart. The beauty of Pyronix is it gives us the opportunity to be honest to our customers, with it being independent it cares more. When I’m not here it’s golf when I get the time and my kids and that’s about all I get time for.
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About Pyronix Ltd: Pyronix Ltd is a market-leading designer and manufacturer of products and technologies for use in the security industry.
Victor Zhitomirsky
Managing Director of Alterix Ltd
Victor Zhitomirsky is managing director at Alterix Ltd.
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About Alterix Ltd: Alterix offers Windows 8 certified electronic solution for large size capacitive multi-touch digitisers.
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.
