Senior Management

Catherine has over 20 years experience in printed electronics R&D both with Pragmatic (since 2011) and Plastic Logic (from 2002). She has pioneered technologies for semiconductor devices on plastic, including successful transfer to manufacturing. Catherine holds a PhD in organic electronics (Cambridge) and is named inventor on 12 patents.

Kay is a marketing expert with a varied background that includes FMCG, retail, management consulting and global technology companies. She has over 30 years experience leading strategic marketing teams to deliver tangible value in companies including BBC, Skillsoft, Control Risks and Accenture. She was most recently Group Head of Brand and Marketing at QinetiQ, a global FTSE 250 organisation.

Joao is an experienced commercial manager with a strong background in electronic engineering. Previously at XJTAG (part of the Cambridge Technology Group) he led business growth at over 30% annually from 2006 to 2012. Joao has held business development roles at Plastic Logic and Arm. He initiated the business that evolved into the current Secure Segment activity. He is fluent in 5 different languages.

Clare has over 25 years of global HR experience, having led large-scale organisational restructures, volume recruitment projects, cultural change programmes and reward and benefits reviews across a range of sectors. She was most recently Head of HR at Card Factory, and prior to this in senior HR roles at M&S, Morrisons, GE Oil & Gas, Randstad and Cape Industrial Services. Clare is also founder and director of a HR consultancy business, supporting SMEs and larger organisations with bespoke HR projects.

Brian has over 20 years experience in flexible organic electronics. Previously he spent four years in the Holst Centre supporting partners’ innovation roadmaps around flexible OLED displays and other advanced circuits electronics. He co-founded Complex Materials, a company which develops novel materials. Brian holds a PhD in Solid State Electronics from the University of Texas.

Gillian is a experienced product and marketing professional with a track record of launching new products to market in high tech businesses. She has a wealth of knowledge of delivering strategic roadmaps, marketing materials and product life cycle management across multiple sectors including semiconductors and digital inkjet printing, at companies including Texas Instruments, Dialog, CSR and Xaar.

Neil has over 35 years in process engineering and optimisation, with experience in both electronics manufacturing and optical discs. At Cambridge Display Technology (part of Sumitomo group) he managed the back-end-of-line OLED production, and previously at Plasmon Data Systems he was responsible for developing new media manufacturing processes.