The Board
Lee Harper
Professor Lee Harper is a composites manufacturing expert at the University of Nottingham, specialising in numerical modelling and automated manufacturing, and Chairman of SAMPE UK & Ireland.
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 engineer at Artemis Technologies, with expertise in advanced composites, material characterisation, and manufacturing and design across automotive and aerospace projects.
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
A retired advanced composites specialist with technical and leadership experience at British Aerospace and Cobham, former President of SAMPE’s European Chapter and Secretary of SAMPE UK & Ireland from 2012 to 2023.
Matt Scott
Matt Scott is Chief Technologist for Processes at the NCC, specialising in advanced manufacturing and industrialisation, and Technical Content Writer for SAMPE UK & Ireland.
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, specialising in composite manufacturing and sustainability, and recipient of the 2023 IOM3 Leslie Holliday Prize.
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
Tim Wybrow is a composite manufacturing specialist and engineering consultant, and a long-standing SAMPE committee member who served eight years as Chairman of SAMPE UK & Ireland.
