CEO
My role is focused on creating and implementing strategies for growth, commercialising and exploiting the proprietary non-linear optical crystal technology that Covesion is founded on. As a highly technical organisation, I have to bridge the gap between the commercial demands of the company and our scientific competence and future potential. My main objective is the delivery of increased business revenues and profitability thereby providing a sound future for everyone involved with the company.
Main Areas of Expertise
A common thread throughout my career, and what is particularly relevant to my role at Covesion, is my experience in starting up, growing and transforming technical businesses. My career has focussed on taking a business that was either just forming or that had been underperforming for a while and turning it into something that delivers; more employment, more opportunities for employees, better products for customers and better returns for stakeholders.
One of the ways in which I do this is by translating between the business and scientific sides of the organisation. For a technical company like Covesion, it is vital to bring that commercial understanding into the technical environment and the technical understanding into a business environment. I am a chemist by training but have always had an interest in all branches of science and I have used my broad science base to understand how, for example at Covesion, bulk crystals work and then how that can be translated into a business benefit, how can we grow, what markets we can pursue.
Hobbies & Interests
Mostly playing cricket and watching rugby. I love most sports it’s probably down to my (overly) competitive nature and I have my family; they keep me busy! I like reading as well, mostly nonfiction, a lot of history, especially Roman history.
Academic Achievements
BSc (Hons) Chemical Science – University of Leicester