Experience

Heliex Power Limited

• United Kingdom
• Electric Power Generation
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO to March 2016 then CTO and Founder

  • Mar 2010 - Present

  East Kilbride, Scotland Founded Heliex to develop and sell 70-600kWe energy recovery steam screw expander packaged gensets and related products; instrumental in securing £16.2m equity. www.heliexpower.com • Devised the products, led their development and launched production; • Devised and implemented the IP exploitation and protection strategy; • Devised and implemented the future product strategy to create additional share-holder exit value greater than conventional PE calculation; • Creates and nurtures… Show more Founded Heliex to develop and sell 70-600kWe energy recovery steam screw expander packaged gensets and related products; instrumental in securing £16.2m equity. www.heliexpower.com • Devised the products, led their development and launched production; • Devised and implemented the IP exploitation and protection strategy; • Devised and implemented the future product strategy to create additional share-holder exit value greater than conventional PE calculation; • Creates and nurtures major strategic industrial and academic partnerships; • Defined and implemented succession planning. Show less



Public appointments

• Director, board member

  • 1983 - 2016

  UK • Prime Minister's Deregulation Task Force • Secretary of State for Scotland's Economic Council • University of Glasgow, Adam Smith Business School Strategy Board • Glasgow School of Art Governor • Design Council Education Advisory Committee • IMechE Automobile Division Board



Personal

• Personal information

  • 1972 - 2016

  UK Chartered Engineer (CEng); Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (FIMechE); Visiting professor, City University London; Honours Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to Engineering; Hobbies Shooting, fishing and classic cars; chairman, Jim Clark Rally.



DWC Consultancy and non executive directorships

• Director and founder

  • 1996 - 2009

  UK, Europe Consultant/director in private and plc companies from £1m to £150m turnover. Examples: • Establishing a “make to specification” culture, targeting zero defects; • Introducing supplier mutual profit improvement to improve quality and reduce cost; • Ensuring compliance with the London Stock Exchange Combined Code by devising and implementing risk management policy and audit, defining and implementing corrective actions; • Retained by the Scottish government and Volvo to devise and if… Show more Consultant/director in private and plc companies from £1m to £150m turnover. Examples: • Establishing a “make to specification” culture, targeting zero defects; • Introducing supplier mutual profit improvement to improve quality and reduce cost; • Ensuring compliance with the London Stock Exchange Combined Code by devising and implementing risk management policy and audit, defining and implementing corrective actions; • Retained by the Scottish government and Volvo to devise and if necessary implement rescue options for Volvo’s Scottish truck and bus plant; • Retained by the Scottish government to devise and if necessary implement rescue options for the former John Brown shipyard in Clydebank. Scotland. NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORSHIPS Non-executive Chairman, CCI Ltd. (subcontract manufacture in aerospace, oil and automotive industries), appointed by Aberdeen Murray Johnston to restructure the business. 2002 - 04 Non-executive Chairman, Feather Diesel Holdings Ltd. (fuel injection systems services and natural gas fuel systems development), appointed by Aberdeen Asset Management. 1998 - 04 Non-executive Director, Semple Cochrane plc (support services) post floatation. 1996 - 98 Non-executive Director, Peak Scientific Ltd. Renfrew (laboratory equipment) appointed by Scottish Development Finance to restructure or sell the business. 1995 - 96 Other clients included GKN, AEA Tecnology, Eurofriction, Applied Sweepers, Show less



Bucher Municipal UK

• United Kingdom
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Managing Director

  • 2001 - 2004

  Surrey, UK; Silkeborg, Denmark, Canada and USA JSL was the world’s largest maker of road sweepers. Introduced new products and manufacturing processes, re-established market leadership, returned it to profit and secured its future. • With turnover maintained at £48m from 2001 to 2003 improved profit from break-even to £3m. • Defined and delivered an integrated business strategy to dominate JSL’s markets by having the best-performing products with lowest cost of ownership, the best customer-focused product support, spares and service… Show more JSL was the world’s largest maker of road sweepers. Introduced new products and manufacturing processes, re-established market leadership, returned it to profit and secured its future. • With turnover maintained at £48m from 2001 to 2003 improved profit from break-even to £3m. • Defined and delivered an integrated business strategy to dominate JSL’s markets by having the best-performing products with lowest cost of ownership, the best customer-focused product support, spares and service and a new worldwide corporate identity. • Introduced analytical marketing, product planning and product acceptance specification test and development to define and launch successfully two new major products in 20 months; • Implemented engineering change control, cutting obsolete stock from £1m to £100k; • Re-organised the customer support division, introducing customer satisfaction measurement and improving from 20% satisfaction to 80%. Show less



Albion Automotive Industries

• Managing Director

  • 1993 - 1996

  Glasgow, Scotland and Leyland, England • Chairman and CEO, Albion Automotive Ltd. Working with the receivers, government agencies, local authorities and banks, established the company from the bankrupt Leyland Daf truck business (losses of £2.5m). Saved about 500 jobs in Glasgow and Lancashire. By mid-1995 achieved £50m turnover and £1m profit, reaching target 2 years early. Set up and chaired a new final salary pension scheme. • CEO, Albion Auto Industries Ltd. Created Albion Auto Industries Ltd. out of Albion… Show more • Chairman and CEO, Albion Automotive Ltd. Working with the receivers, government agencies, local authorities and banks, established the company from the bankrupt Leyland Daf truck business (losses of £2.5m). Saved about 500 jobs in Glasgow and Lancashire. By mid-1995 achieved £50m turnover and £1m profit, reaching target 2 years early. Set up and chaired a new final salary pension scheme. • CEO, Albion Auto Industries Ltd. Created Albion Auto Industries Ltd. out of Albion Automotive and raised £24m to buy out the the former creditors. In 1995 made other acquisitions, adding 14 new customers, £20m turnover and a further £1.5m profit. By 1996 turnover was £85m with £3m profit. Started a JV with American Axle and Manufacturing, the eventual acquirer of Albion Auto Industries. Show less



Fleming Thermodynamics Ltd

• Managing Director and founder

  • 1983 - 1993

  Glasgow, United Kingdom Co-founder of a company devising, developing and licensing out its own products and undertaking consultancy in the automotive and other industries (product conception, design, prototyping, test and development, reorganisations, business strategy generation and delivery). Initiated a significant licence agreement with Sumitomo Corporation and Heavy Industries exploiting our in-house screw compressor supercharger technology. Sold the company for shareholder profit.



Ogle Design

• United States
• Design Services

• Chief engineer and associate director

  • 1981 - 1983

  Letchworth, England Responsible for the design of a full truck cab range for Iveco, a light electric vehicle, various design projects including sports car and and armoured personnel carrier.



Leyland Vehicles Ltd

• Vehicle Engineering programmes manager

  • 1979 - 1981

  Bathgate, Scotland Responsible for the delivery of a programme to design and develop a new range of vans and trucks from 2 to 15 tonnes GVW.



Howden Compressors South Africa

• General Manager

  • 1977 - 1979

  Johannesburg Area, South Africa Established screw compressor set manufacturing, sales and service in South Africa.



Howden Compressors Ltd

• Development Engineer

  • 1976 - 1977

  Glasgow, Scotland Developed a range of packaged oil injected screw compressor sets. Rationalised and developed a range of roots blowers and packaged blower sets.



Ford Motor Company

• United States
• Motor Vehicle Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• High potential graduate trainee

  • 1974 - 1976

  Ford Research Centre, Essex, UK Was recruited into Ford Truck Operations and joined one off intensive training course aimed at filling a predicted gap in Ford's chief engineer and vice president structure. Training covered all business aspects from marketing and product planning to manufacturing management and product development. Assisted in devising and then implemented the Ford customer -correlated product development process using Mk2 Transit as the first example.