LONDON, November 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult is pleased to confirm its
supervisory board, the group that will help shape the future of
British manufacturing.
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Positions on the supervisory board have been accepted by a
number of leading individuals from the worlds of academia,
international business and government. Collectively they create an
elite leadership group for the High Value Manufacturing (HVM)
Catapult.
Commenting on the supervisory board appointment, Secretary of
State for Business Innovation and Skills Dr Vince Cable said: "The HVM Catapult
Supervisory Board has the necessary experience and skills
to take this Catapult forward to help the Government to
grow the economy. The Board will play a key role in
making sure that we are building the groundwork for a bright
future, giving businesses the confidence to develop and market
new and innovative products and technologies."
Along with established chairman Bob
Gilbert and CEO Dick Elsy,
the HVM Catapult Supervisory Board includes:
Hamid Mughal -Executive
Vice President of Manufacturing Engineering &
Technology, Rolls-Royce
Hamid Mughal is an
internationally acclaimed manufacturing leader with over 28 years
experience in the Automotive and Aerospace Industries. During this
period he has worked in a number of senior positions, culminating
in his current executive position at Rolls-Royce. He passionately
believes in the social and economic value of High Value
Manufacturing. He is a Chartered Engineer, winner of the
International Manufacturing Gold Medal and a Fellow of Royal
Academy of Engineering
Professor Sir Mike Gregory -
Fellow of CambridgeUniversity, Head
of the University's Manufacturing and Management
Division
Sir Mike Gregory's early career
was in industry. His work at Cambridge is closely linked with industry and
government and he is involved in manufacturing strategy, technology
management, international manufacturing and manufacturing
policy. Mike led the establishment of the IfM which takes a
very broad and integrating view of manufacturing from market
through design, production, distribution and service with very
close industrial engagement. The Institute's mission is to link
science, engineering, management and economics education,
research and practice to improve and innovate manufacturing and
industrial systems. He is a fellow of Churchill College and
of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Joe Greenwell CBE - Chairman,
Ford of Britain
Joe was appointed to the prestigious role of Chairman, Ford of
Britain, on 1st
January 2009, and has been president
of the UK Automotive industry's Trade organisation, the Society of
Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Prior to his appointment to these
positions, Joe Greenwell was Vice
President, Government Affairs, Premier Automotive Group and Ford of
Europe, where he was responsible
for developing and co-ordinating Ford Motor Company's strategy with
Government and other official bodies in the European region. He was
also Chairman and CEO of Jaguar and Land Rover. He was awarded the
CBE for services to the Automotive Industry in the Queen's birthday
Honours list in June 2011.
Graeme Armstrong - Member
of Executive Board Research, Development and Innovation
AkzoNobel
Graeme is a leading chemist, with a BSc in Chemistry and a PhD
in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Newcastle. He has a distinguished career,
holding senior positions at Unilever and JohnsonDiversey, where he
was regional president in the EMEA. He joined AkzoNobel is 2008,
where he lead the company's Research Development and Innovation
function. He is a chartered chemist, Chairman of Chemistry
Innovation UK, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry and a
former non-executive director of the government's Technology
Strategy Board.
Juergen Maier - Managing
Director, Siemens UK
Juergen Maier is the Managing
Director of Siemens UK and Ireland Industry Sector, a leading
global supplier of industrial plant and software, manufacturing
automation and drive technologies to industrial customers across
the UK. In the UK this activity represents a business volume
of around £600 million and employs around 2,000 people. Juergen is
passionate about the UK rebalancing its economy and supports a
number of UK wide initiatives in support of Manufacturing and
engineering skills including Board Membership of the Sector Skills
council SEMTA and of the EEF, The Manufacturers' Organisation and
championing various Government initiatives such as 'Make it in GB'.
He also holds a Non Executive Director role for a SME manufacturing
company called International Innovative Technologies based in
Gateshead. Born 1964 in
Germany with Austrian nationality,
he came to the UK in 1974.
Will Barton - Head of
Manufacturing, Technology Strategy Board
Will Barton joined the TSB in
July 2009 as Interim Head of
Technology and moved to his current role as Head of Manufacturing
in July 2011, where he has also been
responsible for establishing the UK's first Catapult centre in High
Value Manufacturing. He has a career in chemistry spanning four
decades with senior private sector roles in Europe and the
United States. In 2005, Will changed course, moving back to
Oxford to take on the role of Interim CEO of Oxford Catalysts,
working with the founding academics to spin out the Company from
the University. Will has a BA and D Phil in Theoretical Physics
from Oxford, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a
Member of the Institute of Directors, a Non Executive Director of
the Chemical Industries Association, and has a Certificate in
International Business General Management from INSEAD.
"I am delighted and privileged to have been able to assemble
such a strong board around myself and the new CEO Dick Elsy," said Bob
Gilbert Chairman of the HVM Catapult. "Together we will now
focus on delivering the objectives of the Catapult, which
ultimately aims to reinstate Britain as a world-leader in manufacturing,
and increase the industry's contribution to the UK balance of
payments."
Notes to Editors
About the High Value Manufacturing Catapult
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult brings together seven
institutions of excellence across a broad range of sectors to
support UK manufacturing in the commercialisation of cutting edge
technologies. The seven centres are:
- Advanced Forming Research Centre (University of Strathclyde)
- Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (University of
Sheffield)
- Centre for Process Innovation (Wilton & Sedgefield)
- Manufacturing Technology Centre (Ansty, sponsored by the
Universities of Birmingham,
Loughborough and Nottingham and by TWI)
- National Composites Centre (University of Bristol)
- Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Universities of
Manchester and Sheffield)
- Warwick Manufacturing Group (University of
Warwick)
The High Value Manufacturing Catapult was declared open for
business by Secretary of State Dr Vince
Cable at the beginning of October
2011.
It focuses its research and development on key areas of high
value manufacture, including use of metals and composites in
addition to process manufacturing technologies and bio-processing.
The Catapult brings together knowledge, expertise and
state-of-the-art facilities to help UK businesses innovate to
develop novel products and/or manufacturing processes.
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