HV and Electromagnetics Engineer with specialist knowledge and experience of UHF methods for detecting, monitoring and locating partial discharges in high voltage equipment such as power transformers, gas-insulated switchgear and cables. I am a Chartered Electrical & Electronic Engineer with more than 30 years’ experience in industry (R&D, production), academia (research, teaching, management) and as a business owner. I was recently Chair of the Universities High Voltage Network in the UK and have been a Guest Professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China.My areas of expertise include partial discharges, high voltage insulation systems, UHF sensors, generation & measurement of ultra-fast electrical transients, FDTD modelling, sensors and energy harvesting. I have considerable previous experience of designing and testing microwave components and systems (UHF to 94 GHz); manufacture of gas-filled waveguide receiver protectors (L-band to J-band); management of high-value research projects; safe operation of HV facilities, and all levels of University teaching.From 2001 to 2014, I managed the High Voltage Laboratory at the University of Strathclyde, latterly as Professor of HV Technologies. I founded High Frequency Diagnostics in 2014 to develop new technologies involving sensor systems, diagnostics and energy harvesting in condition monitoring and asset management applications.