Advisory Board

29th & 30th October 2025

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30 & 31 Oct 2024 | NEC Birmingham

Meet our 2024 Advisory Board members

Here is our distinguished panel of experts from the engineering community who spearhead the advisory board for the Advanced Engineering 2024 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 5 forums of the show, ensured the best quality in all of our conferences and much more!

 

Andrew Mansfield advisory board member at engineering and manufacturing event

Andrew Mansfield

EV Supply Chain Manager – SMMT 

Chaco Van Der Sijp

Chaco Van Der Sijp

Innovation Lead, Manufacturing – Innovate UK 

Chris Boyd

CEO – Royal Institution Naval Architects

Daniel Jones

Future Markets Lead – UK Space Agency

Eman Martin-Vignerte

Director, Autocar Great Women Awards winner 2022 – Bosch UK 

Gemma Hardy

Managing Director – Fluency Business Group 

Gerald Law

CEO Founder – Innovation DB 

Ian Gardner

UK Client Technical Leader and Industry 4.0 Architect – IBM 

James Watson

Area Director – Make UK Defence

Jon Tullett

Member Services Manager – ADS Group 

Lee Eddens

Research Strategic Manager – JRL

Martyn Cherrington

Innovation Lead – Driving the Electric Revolution 
– Innovate UK 

Matt Atkinson

Lead Research Engineer – JLR

Megan Ronayne

Head of Industrial Technologies & Manufacturing – Innovate UK 

Nandini Chakravorti

Associate Director, Technology Strategy – MTC 

Neil Emerson

Head of Wing Airframe R&T – AirBus

Pim van Baarsen

CEO – Silverstone Technology Centre

Richard Lane

Head Digital Transformation/Project Director –  Electric Revolution Skills Hub

Sameer Savani

VP Technology Centre Bristol – GKN Global Technology Centre 

Sean Worrall

Chief Engineer Product Sustainability – GKN Automotive

Sue Halliwell

Operations Manager – Composites UK 

Richard Lane

Head Digital Transformation/Project Director –  Electric Revolution Skills Hub

Chris Boyd

CEO – Royal Institution Naval Architects

Neil Emerson

Head of Wing Airframe R&T – AirBus

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