The Board
Lee Harper
Lee Harper is an Associate Professor in Composites Manufacturing at the University of Nottingham and has worked in the field of composite materials since 2002.
Prof. Conchúr O Brádaigh
Before joining the University of Sheffield in 2023, Conchúr was Head of the School of Engineering at University of Edinburgh, a position he took up in 2018 after joining in 2015 as Chair of Materials Engineering.
Emer McAleavy
Emer is an experienced engineer having worked on development projects within the automotive industry, on material characterisation and analysis, and new technology methods concerning advanced materials manufacture and design. After completing her BEng in Aeronautical Engineering at Queens University Belfast, she worked as a [...]
Alasdair Ryder
Alasdair Ryder is a mechanical engineer with almost 30 years’ experience in the composites and advanced manufacturing sector.
The Committee
Carwyn Ward
Carwyn is the Associate Director for Advanced Materials & Structures in the newly formed School of Engineering at UWE Bristol.
Sophie Cozien-Cazuc
Sophie joined the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK as a Senior Strategist in March 2024.
Andrew Mills
A highly experienced composite materials and manufacturing engineer.
Jamie Snudden
Jamie's professional focus is to make Composites affordable for new sustainable markets, such as Advanced Air Mobility and electric vehicles.
Ali Aravand
Ali Aravand is a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast. His research focuses on the design and optimisation of fibre-reinforced composites, thermoplastic composite overmoulding, and the fracture and interface behaviour of polymer composites. He leads industry collaborations across the aerospace and automotive sectors.
Matt Scott
Matt Scott has worked in composites since his degree, first on robotic layup with AFP and then more widely on automation systems.
Gemma Hardy
As the Managing Director of The Fluency Business Group, a marketing and events consultancy focused on the advanced engineering and advanced materials industries, I have over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing communications across various industries.
Alistair Mcllhagger
Alistair McIlhagger is a Professor of Advanced Materials in the School of Engineering at Ulster University. He is the leader of the Advanced Future Materials and Manufacturing Group (AFM2) and Director of the Engineering Composites Research Centre (ECRE) at Ulster University.
Wini Obande
Dr Winifred (Wini) Obande is a Lecturer & Elizabeth Georgeson Fellow in Sustainable, Multi-functional Composites at the University of Edinburgh.
John Summerscales
John Summerscales is Professor of Composites Engineering at the University of Plymouth, and is a Chartered Engineer, Chartered Environmentalist and Chartered Scientist.
Paul McMullan
Paul McMullan is Chief Executive Officer of Sigmatex, a global leader in the development and manufacture of carbon fibre textiles for advanced composite applications.
Tim Wybrow
An industry leader, with more than twenty years of technical and commercial experience, gained across a wide range of markets and geographic locations within the composites sector, including aerospace, automotive and renewable energy.
