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Director of Technical Development

Director of Technical Development

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Director of Technical Development (1999-)
WBB MINERALS, Sandbach, England (following the merger between SMC and WBB)

Head of WBB Technology Ltd.
WBB Minerals Ltd. Newton Abbot, England
Responsible for the global development of new products and processes for a £200 million per annum speciality minerals business. Reduced development time by 50% by implementing a project management system linked to market needs.
Controlling a budget of over £1.7 million with 30+ staff in two main locations. Reduced total spend by 45% through rationalisation of the group’s activities.
Key player in an executive development team whose task is to find, evaluate and initiate “added value” opportunities for the company. Investments in acquisition and JV’s totalled over £30 million from 1999.
Implemented two major customer joint development projects leading to a radical new product family with pricing 1.3 to 1.5 current price levels.
Successfully relocated and rebuilt the technical team for WBBM on time on budget and with no disruption to service.
Member of the Chief Executive’s Committee

Director of R&D and Technical Service. (1993-99)
Grace Davison, Worms, Germany
Instrumental in a business re-engineering process designed to improve efficiency and reduce costs. Cost savings of 15% were obtained.
Responsible for the introduction of new strategic processes into the business as a whole. Reducing new product cycle times from 5 years to 12-18 months.
Drove the introduction of new products in key business areas (Coatings, Plastics, Ink jet and Catalysts) leading to an increased rate of sales growth and the penetration of new markets potentially worth over Euro 250 million.
Directed the implementation of new process technologies giving savings of over Euro 2 million per annum.
Responsible for over 70 staff with a budget in excess of Euro 5 million per annum. Lowered spending by 20% with no reduction in capability.
Member of the Product Line Committee (Board) managing a business worth Euro 200 million per annum.

Technical Service & Development Manager Speciality Chemicals (1985-93)
Dow Europe Horgen, Switzerland
Joint Chairman of the Dow Global Cellulosics Group. Chairman of the Product Management Team for Biocides with P&L responsibility. Member of the Product Management Team for Cellulosics (totalling about $50 million in turnover). The main markets for the products being Construction Products, Coatings, Cosmetics and Pharmaceutical Incipients.
Led business development initiatives in the food chemicals area including market planning, M&A and distributorship selection, leading to the establishment of a Dow Food Ingredients Business.
Managed 14 Professional and Technical Staff in2 locations with a budget of circa $2 million.
Safety Manager for the site. Initiated a saftey award scheme.


Manager of the Sulphur, Cobalt and Kits Department (1980-85)
Amersham International, Amersham, UK
Managed all aspects of the Development and Production of high value research radiochemicals for use in biotechnology. Sales circa $5 million.

Senior Research Chemist/Pfizer Fellow (1978-80)
Hoechst, Milton Keynes UK
Responsible for original research in antibiotics

English Mother Tongue.
Good German.



Education

MBA. Open University, 1991, (Dow sponsored)
Ph.D. University of East Anglia, Organic Chemistry, 1974-1977.
B.Sc. 1st Class Honours, Chemistry, Trent, Nottingham, 1970-74.
Blyth Grammar School 1963-70.


Skills

A highly experienced director of technologically based companies who has successfully led major business and technical development programmes. An executive with proven change management expertise. An effective motivator and coach for all levels of staff.


Languages

English Mother Tongue.
Good German.


Other

Other
Board Member of the Ceramics Industry Certification Scheme.
Board Member of the Society of Chemistry and Industry Marketing and Publicity.
Fund raising Board Member of Scicentre.
EKA Technical Chairman

Training
Group Project Management (1985), Finance Course (1987), Leadership Training (1988), Certified Trainer (Wilson Learning) Interpersonal Relationships (1990) , Advanced Presentation Skills (1992), Advanced Project Management (1994), Managing in a Global Organisation (Boca Raton Florida 1994), SAP Basic Training (1995), Global Business Issues of Technology (MCE Brussels 1997). Quest Change Management Programme 1999-2000. Ph.D. student supervision at UMIST (1999) and University of Cardiff (2000).



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