IET Innovation Awards 2015: ERA Foundatiom, Sponsor of the Start-up Award

Session
Wednesday, 18 November 2015
18:18 - 18:18
Duration: 1 min
Publication date: 10 Dec 2015
Location: NA, The Brewery 25 Chiswell Street, London, United Kingdom
Part of event The IET Innovation Awards 2015

About the session

An interview with Sir Alan Rudge and Sir Richard Brook of ERA Foundation, Sponsor of the Start-up Award, won by Desolenator.

The judging panel commented:

"Desolenator was the clear-cut winner in this year's start-up category, with all the judges agreeing that it is a highly innovative and elegant solution which addresses a pressing need faced by millions of people around the world."

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Sir Alan Rudge

ERA Foundation, Past Chairman

Sir Alan Rudge is the Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director on the Board of Experian Plc. He is a past Chairman of ERA Technology Ltd and was Chairman of the Board of Management of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 until July 2012 and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Surrey until December 2007. Sir Alan was Deputy Chief Executive of British Telecommunications until 1997 and then Chairman of WS Atkins until 2001. He was Chief Executive and then President of Celtel International BV and Special Adviser to General Atlantic Partners until 2004. He was Chairman of the ERA Foundation from its formation until December 2012, after which he was appointed as the Foundation’s President. Sir Alan is a former Chairman of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, a past President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers and Chairman of the Engineering Council. He has served on a number of national committees including the Government’s Advisory Committee on Science and Technology.
Sir Richard Brook

ERA Foundation, Chairman

Professor Sir Richard Brook is former Director of the Leverhulme Trust, a privately funded research support agency covering all the academic disciplines. He is a materials scientist with a doctorate from MIT.Following appointments at the University of Southern California and the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (Harwell), he became Professor of Ceramics at the University of Leeds. He was appointed Director at the Max Planck Institute for Metals Research in Stuttgart in 1988 and Professor of Materials at the University of Oxford in 1991.From 1994 to 2001, he was Chief Executive at the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.The Board of the ERA Foundation elected Sir Richard to be its Chairman when Sir Alan Rudge stood down as Chairman in December 2012.

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