Patrick Mcdonald Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

A secondment from BIS to provide assurance to the Chief Executive and the Government’s Chief Scientific Adviser that HSE’s science, engineering and analysis was fit for purposeRestructured HSE’s science governance and implemented sweeping changes to deliver better business focused science and improved value – more relevant outcomes for less expenditure Introduced more stringent peer review systems improving confidence in HSE’s evidence baseMade significant improvements in HSE’s management of knowledge; capturing tacit knowledge of expert staff and creating a repository of investigatory knowledge for the first timeExecutive policy portfolio and Board-level contribution as Chief Scientific Advisor of the HSE (4000 staff) and as an Executive Director of the DTI (5000 staff)As Head of Science and Engineering profession within HSE, provided professional leadership for some 1000 staff. Increased staff focus and led improvements in professional standards

Managed a £325m pa budget for the Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Objective, and led the relevant Management Unit (190 civil servants, 100 private sector staff)Implemented a £450m+ national nanotechnology programme in partnership with the UK’s regional development agencies and devolved administrationsEstablished the DTI’s Technology Strategy Board, initially as a Non Departmental Public Body then starting its transition to an Arms Length Body established under Royal Charter

Managed UK policy for national (£35m pa) and international investment (£3bn) in telecoms technology. Head of delegation for three major European programmes and leadership of UK policy on aspects of international telecoms standards policyImplemented the first ever cross research-council R&D programme to have direct industrial involvement (e-science programme - £110m over 4 years)Restructured an under performing DTI finance team bringing payment times down from a 60 day average to a more acceptable 10 days and saving four posts in the process

Developed support packages for a range of traditional sectors. (textiles, printing, packaging etc); secretary to an advisory NDPB, which advised the Department on engineering policyCeased funding to a number of under-performing Research and Technology organisations and re-focused on more strategic technology transfer activitiesDeveloped and implemented the £36m Carrier Technology Programme, the first programme to explicitly encourage technology transfer across sectoral boundaries

Managed a number of industry collaborative R&D programmes in a range of sectors (electronics, process engineering ceramics, glassware). Successfully monitored 200+ R&D projects

Expert evidence and opinion relating to 1500+ cases of major illegal drug importation to the UK, and formally recognized as an expert witness in the USA, Israel and Germany

Kingston Polytechnic

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