Iain Bomphray
Director, Lightweight Manufacturing Centre
Iain joined in August 2019 as Director of the Lightweight Manufacturing Centre (LMC), designed to support industry access funding, skilled engineering staff, facilities and translational research.
Chris Dungey
Research Director, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
As Research Director of NMIS, Professor Chris Dungey blends academic achievement with strategic and operational experience across world leading industrial and academic technology organisations.
Sarah Jardine
Chief Operating Officer, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
NMIS welcomed Sarah Jardine as Chief Operating Officer in 2020 from leading medical technology company, Optos.
Helen Lightbody
Chief Operating Officer, Advanced Forming Research Centre
As Chief Operating Officer of the AFRC, Helen brings experience in operations management as well as project and programme management helping to lead the research centre as it supports industry.
Stewart McKinlay
Skills Director, Manufacturing Skills Academy
Stewart McKinlay MEng combines industrial experience through start-up SMEs and international manufacturers with significant expertise in the education, training, and skills arena.
Lynne O'Hare
Chief Commercial Officer, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Lynne is a Chartered Engineer who joined the University of Strathclyde’s Advanced Forming Research Centre (AFRC) as part of its launch team in 2009 and develops the centre’s commercial activities.
Keith Ridgway
Executive Chair, National Manufacturing Institute Scotland
Keith Ridgway is the Executive Chair of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland. He first joined the Advanced Forming Research Centre, part of the University of Strathclyde in 2016.