Advanced Engineering Exhibition 2026

Meet our 2026 Advisory Board member

The brightest minds in UK engineering. One advisory board. Shaping every session, forum, and innovation you experienced at Advanced Engineering 2026.

Our Advisory Board member

Here is our distinguished panel of experts from the engineering community who spearhead the advisory board for the Advanced Engineering 2025 show.

They helped to shape the exhibition and ensure the event provides the latest trending innovations of the industry, chose the different topics we discussed during our 6 forums of the show, ensured the best quality in all of our conferences and much more!

Andrew Mansfield

Senior Supply Chain Manager

SMMT

Matthew Atkinson

Lead Research Engineer

Jaguar Land Rover

Chaco van der Sijp

Innovation Lead

Innovate UK

Dr Sven Knowles

KTM – Electronic Systems

Innovate UK Business Connect

Martyn Cherrington

Innovation Lead

Driving the Electric Revolution – Innovate UK 

Sue Halliwell

Operations Manager 

Composites UK

Ian Gardner

UK Client Technical Leader and Industry 4.0 Architect

IBM 

Matthew Atkinson

Space Program Procurement Manager

AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE LIMITED

Gemma Hardy

Managing Director

Fluency

Edwin Bowden-Peters

Technology Watch Lead – UK

MBDA

Stuart Laws

Innovation Architect

UK Ministry of Defence

Neil Calder

Owner 

Engineered Capabilities Ltd