•BSc and PhD from the University of London.

•NATO Fellow at universities of Delft (Chemistry) and 
  Nottingham (Pharmacy), 1968-69.

•Research Associate and Lecturer at the University of
  East Anglia, 1970-1972.

•25 years in industry (Laporte / Interox, BDH / Merck,
  and BIP) as Technical and Business Directors.

•BDH Board member running the Advanced
  Materials   business, 1987-1991.

•Techno-commercial advisor for the Laporte
  acquisition team, 1991-1996.

•Member of Foresight Materials Panel for UK Government (previously on the
  Chemicals Panel).

•Member of Industrial Advisory Boards for Imperial College and Bristol
  University.

•Until recently, visiting tutor on Innovation and R&D Management for MSc
  course at University of Strathclyde.

•Previously visiting lecturer for an MSc course at University of Nottingham on
  Surface Engineering.

•Previously President of the Industrial Affairs Division of the Royal Society
  of Chemistry; now on the External Relations Board.

•Active participant in affairs of the International Union of Pure and
  Applied chemistry (IUPAC) - Bureau member, 2002 to date.

•Previously Chairman of the COMIT Faraday Partnership (electronic displays),
  and Member of the IMPACT Faraday Partnership (colloids and formulation
  science).

•Programme Director for the Manufacturing Molecules Initiative (MMI) for the DTI (2001-3).

•Programme Coordinator for a UK Government project, ACORN, on
  nanoparticles (recently acknowledged as being a great success and
 model for future projects by the EPSRC).

•Co-editor of book entitled Trends and Priorities in the UK Chemical Industry
  for the Chemical Industries Association.
•Until recently, Associate Director of the MNT Network, a Government
  initiative on nanotechnology.

•Advisor to the South African Government on roadmapping and strategy.

•Facilitator of roadmaps for the European Commission (SMART FP6
  Initiative).

•Co-author of book entitled Future Perspectives of European Materials
  Research.

•Author and facilitator of nearly 50 technology roadmaps in a variety of
  sectors; including publications about roadmapping and strategies.

•Author of numerous papers on nanotechnology.

•Lectured frequently on the topic at conferences and at UK Trade and
  Investment meetings abroad; also to Commonwealth Heads of State in
  Zambia.

•Advisor to Yorkshire Forward (Regional Development Agency) on innovation and nanotechnology.

•Advisor to UK Trade and Investment and British Council on nanotechnology.

•Previously a member of the Nanotechnology Industries Association team.

•Consultant to a number of companies on nanotechnology.

•Advisor to MANCEF (Micro and Nanotechnology Commercialisation
  Education Foundation)

•Awarded the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining Thornton Medal
  2008.

•Co-author of book entitled Roadmapping Emergent Technologies, to be
  published in February 2009.

•Fellow of the following learned societies: Royal Society of Chemistry,
  Linnean Society, and Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining.