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Strategic Governance Board
Prof Mark Gillan
Chair of the RIED Strategic Governance Board / Associate Vice President, Technologies and Special Projects, National Transformation Institute (NTI) at KAUST, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Mark has held various engineering leadership roles within industry, Formula One, academia and the public sector. In over a decade in F1 he ran both Jaguar/Red Bull and Williams race engineering teams. In academia he held the inaugural Sir George…
Dr Stephen Wyatt
Research & Disruptive Innovation Director (ORE Catapult)
Stephen joined the Catapult in December 2013 as strategy director, bringing considerable experience in the low carbon arena, most notably in his previous role as director of innovation at the Carbon Trust, where he played a key part in writing…
Prof Sam Turner
Chief Executive Officer, Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC) Belfast
Professor Sam Turner is the CEO of the Advanced Manufacturing Innovation Centre (AMIC), a £98m industry led innovation centre funded through the Belfast Regional City Deal at Queens University Belfast. Sam brings over 15 years leadership experience in industry led…
Pamela Walsh is a senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering in the School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. Prior to that, she was a lecturer in Chemical Engineering at Queen’s. She has a BEng in Mechanical Engineering…
Nicole is a seasoned strategic thinker with a rich background in color and materials design, honed through prestigious roles with industry giants like Ford, McLaren, and Lotus. With a keen eye for detail and a passion for innovation, Nicole transitioned into…