Eric Wilkinson Email & Phone Number

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Advisor to the current CEO prior to my retirement at the end of H1 2023

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Cambridge Consultants is a team of exceptional people motivated to help our clients differentiate themselves through breakthrough products and technology based services wherever they are in the world. With a staff of over 700 people and offices in Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong, Cambridge, Orlando, Seattle and San Francisco, we cover 16 time zones and provide our clients with the competitive edge they need.My role is to lead this amazing team; to make sure that we have the cutting edge skills applied to the sweet spots in our clients' markets so they can go on to greater success. It is more than just technological depth of course. Everything we do, from contracting framework, through project management expertise and highly optimised product and system development methodology is geared to get world-first products to market in the shortest possible time. Given that between Cambridge Consultants and Synapse Product Development (our 2016 acquisition) we have a list of client partners that represent some of the most exciting companies in the world, the potential is enormous. I look forward to leading this team to new heights, heights befitting our proud heritage.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Chief Operations Officer for Cambridge Consultants, part of a 5-person team charged with delivering against short term performance targets and the longer term strategic direction of the company. In addition Eric has specific responsibility for all operational aspects of the company. Eric is the Director responsible for reviewing and signing out all projects with a value of >£1M. In addition Eric is a regular speaker at international Innovation Conferences.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Operations Director for Cambridge Consultants, responsible for all operational aspects of the company including Project Management systems/tools and authority, quality assurance and control, Health Safety and the Environment and the Business Office. Eric is the Director responsible for reviewing and signing out all projects with a value of >£1M. In addition Eric is responsible for training all new ‘Project Reviewers’ and Project Managers.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Responsible for running the largest and most diverse Division within Cambridge Consultants (>80 staff), covering 7 Campaigns. Full P&L responsibility balancing the breadth of technology offering with the skills present in the Division and charged with determining future strategy. Divisional performance trebled in the 6 years Eric ran the Division. The above was carried out in parallel to an active role in development Projects for clients.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Responsible for operational aspects of the Division (5 Groups, 35 people), including recruitment, staff development, Divisional finances and overseeing Projects carried out in the Division.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Leader of a group focused on developing radical therapeutic and diagnostic medical equipment. Group grew consistently through tenure; of the 10 recruited through this period, 3 went on to become Group Leaders in their own right and one was made a Divisonal Manager.

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Gb

Diverse range of projects including a revolutionary 3-D woven manhole cover and conductivity cell for a urea monitor.

London, England, Gb

Responsible for defining, agreeing and managing a £550,000 research and business support programme, this four-man team supported the aerospace materials business of BP Chemicals.

London, England, Gb

My responsibilities included the design, manufacture and installation of production resin injection equipment for the Boeing 747 ‘Blocker Door’ production line.

London, England, Gb

I was recruited from University by BP to join the “Kinetic Energy Storage System” (KESS) Project, a team developing a high-speed composites flywheel system for energy saving in urban buses.