Tim Wood Northern Powerhouse Rail Director, Transport for the North. Tim Wood, Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) Director at Transport for the North, has over 24 years’ experience in railway design and delivery. He has previously held two rail director positions in the private sector and is known for early development of Rail PPP schemes, as

Per Mårtensson CSO at Bcomp Ltd Per Mårtensson has more than 15 years of experience in the automotive- and composites industries with companies such as Volvo Car Group. He has a PhD from the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Sweden, focused on vehicle engineering. In 2018 he joined Bcomp as a CSO to lead

Neil Appleton Construction Lead, National Composites Centre. Neil steers market development in construction at the NCC; his background is design and construction of both civil engineering structures and buildings coupled with 20+ years’ experience in the design and manufacture of FRP Composites structures followed by 3+ years representing the construction sector at the NCC. Neil

Natasha Allden Founder and CEO of Multiply Global. “Natasha founded MULTIPLY in 2015 to unleash the potential value of technology and people. Maximising growth and revenue generation through new markets, models and applications. Having built her first company at the age of 21 she went onto pursue a career in digital strategy and proposition development

Matthew Thornton Head of Innovation, Haydale Matthew joined Haydale in April 2016 and is responsible for the management of a range of nanocomposite materials innovation, research, development and manufacturing programmes as the Head of Innovation and is the Site Manager for the Loughborough Site. Matthew has a BSc (Hons) in Chemistry with Chemical Engineering and

Martin Waide Design Engineer, Cy-Car USA Inc. I am a mechanical engineer with  automotive design experience.    My transition to aerospace engineering, particularly the design of electro-mechanical actuators for flight controls, has involved high power density motors, gear drives and cooling systems. These techniques are directly applicable to electric vehicles, resulting in the electric drive strut

Mark-Paul Buckingham Managing Director, Xi Engineering Consultants Ltd. “Dr Mark-Paul Buckingham is the Managing Director of Xi Engineering Consultants Ltd. He achieved first-class honours in mechanical and completed a PhD in mechanical engineering, specializing in measurement of vibration reduction. Xi Engineering helps clients to accelerate their research & development, solving complex engineering problems by applying

Marcel Schubiger Managing Director, Swiss CMT AG As a Swiss Citizen he started his professional life as a degreed heavy truck mechanic, went back to school after some years and continuted his career later with a bachelor’s in sciences. Working serveral years at EMS-Chemie, Sauber Motorsports (Formula 1), DOW Automotive and Cyclics Europe. He invented

Malcolm Earp Chief Commercial Officer, The Ultimate Battery Co Malcolm has an extensive international background in automotive specialising in ownership and distribution. From a motor group background, and European responsibility with an OEM, Malcolm has spent most of his career advising OEMs on 5 Continents and managing consulting businesses there. A committed ‘futurist’ Malcolm was

Jacqui McLaughlin CEO, Reactec Jacqui McLaughlin joined Reactec from Smiths Group PLC, in 2014. Nine years of career progression within Smiths Group in various business leadership roles were preceded by nine years of product line management responsibilities under venture capital ownership of a high-tech Scottish SME. High tech SME’s is where Jacqui’s career began in

Ian Cowley Director/Technical Consultant at Engineering and Beyond Ltd. Now a successful consultant, project manager and concept designer, specialising in lightweight applications, in particular for clients taking first steps in composites and additive manufacturing. Starting out as an Undergraduate Apprentice at British Aerospace and subsequently graduating in Aeronautical Engineering from Imperial College, London, in 1988.