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»Managing a business and portfolio of products with sales of £220 M/yr with margin responsibility»Taking strategy to action and delivering world class products and solutions for our customers»Turning information into knowledge and leading a step change in business performance

» Marketing, Product Roadmapping, Product Management, Market Management and Strategy Execution across our petrochemicals, methanol, ammonia, hydrogen and gas processing markets» Developed a team of market managers to put valuable products with the right customers at the right price

» Lead the development of the Catalyst Technologies strategy in China across the entire business portfolio of technologies and catalysts» Gather information on socio-economic, market, customer, competitor and industry trends from a range of internal and external sources and apply it to develop insight into the key challenges and opportunities for the business in China and also analyse and assess growth potentials, needs/offer gaps and current and potential business models to determine where… Show more » Lead the development of the Catalyst Technologies strategy in China across the entire business portfolio of technologies and catalysts» Gather information on socio-economic, market, customer, competitor and industry trends from a range of internal and external sources and apply it to develop insight into the key challenges and opportunities for the business in China and also analyse and assess growth potentials, needs/offer gaps and current and potential business models to determine where to focus and how to develop the technology and organisation to deliver the strategic objectives» Advise the regional and global leadership team and executives on issues related to China strategy» Engage internal stakeholders across the organisation at all levels to facilitate and drive their contribution to the development of the China strategy» Develop close relationships with the China commercial and Tech. Service teams, the global Industries and Markets teams and Business Development teams teams to ensure all regional and global commercial and technology insights are incorporated into the strategy»Work closely with the sector and corporate strategy teams to ensure that technology strategy is aligned with and supporting the sector and corporate strategy Show less

» Defining the marketing and business strategy for JM Catalyst Solutions, a multi-M$ business that develops innovative catalyst and process solutions to collaboratively solve complex customer problems » Helping to solve customer’s problems by working with them to gain deep technical and commercial insight, so that the JM R&D and technology teams can deliver valuable and outstanding innovative solutions» Developing the business by creating compelling value propositions, and… Show more » Defining the marketing and business strategy for JM Catalyst Solutions, a multi-M$ business that develops innovative catalyst and process solutions to collaboratively solve complex customer problems » Helping to solve customer’s problems by working with them to gain deep technical and commercial insight, so that the JM R&D and technology teams can deliver valuable and outstanding innovative solutions» Developing the business by creating compelling value propositions, and leading innovation to develop products all the way from concept to commercialisation» Optimising the business by strategic planning, developing customer segmentation and channel strategy, optimising pricing for products and services and managing the product lifecycle in conjunction with stakeholders at all levels» Gathering market intelligence, competitor intelligence and customer insights. Running long term scenarios for the chemicals industry so that our sales team have access to the latest insights to aid the sales process, our business remains competitive and our technology remains cutting edge Show less

Cleveland, United Kingdom

» Developed and managed the innovation process for the chemical catalysts business so that product development and commercialisation could be effectively aligned with the business development strategy» Actively managed and delivered a number of collaborative R&D projects through to commercialisation

» Lead the delivery of a number of catalyst development projects with a particular focus on catalyst support development and manufacture

Cleveland, United Kingdom

» Developed and scaled up new formulations and catalyst supports for refineries and petrochemicals catalysts

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Responsible for the delivery of the technical aspects of a major EU Framework 6 program 'PEPTFlow', which used positron emmision particle tracking (PEPT) to investigate the nature of flow and mixing within the co-rotating twin-screw extruderIn a further project I was responsible for developing a combined reforming catalyst and carbon dioxide absorbent for CO2 removal and syngas production in flue stacks. This project involved the synthesis and characterisation of a range of hydrotalcite… Show more Responsible for the delivery of the technical aspects of a major EU Framework 6 program 'PEPTFlow', which used positron emmision particle tracking (PEPT) to investigate the nature of flow and mixing within the co-rotating twin-screw extruderIn a further project I was responsible for developing a combined reforming catalyst and carbon dioxide absorbent for CO2 removal and syngas production in flue stacks. This project involved the synthesis and characterisation of a range of hydrotalcite materials Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Ceramics Extrusion

Master Of Science (Msc), Polymer/Plastics Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Chemistry