A dynamic and pro-active Operations Director/Managing Director with over 25 years industry experience covering manufacturing engineering management, R&D, product development, purchasing, sales and operations leadership. Responsible for multi discipline teams of operators, technicians and engineers up to 50 plus in size. Demonstrated ability to cover a broad range of technologies including silicon optical processing, telecoms, LED lighting design and manufacture, superconducting magnets and gas detection. Experienced in technology start-ups driving into volume manufacture as well as large multinational industries. Specialities: lighting, lighting design, carbon reduction, low energy, social housing lighting, LED,low carbon, architectural lighting, light emitting diode, low energy fittings, UK manufacture