The National Manufacturing Debate

Duration: 1 hr 50 mins
Publication date: 02 Jun 2015

Abstract

20th May 2015 - 14.30pm - 16.30pm

The National Manufacturing Debate is an annual event hosted by Cranfield University, bringing together manufacturing professionals from a range of sectors to discuss and debate current challenges in the industry.

Keywords:: UK Reshoring Capability

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Manufacturing

Speakers

Dick Elsy

UK High Value Manufacturing Catapult, The Oracle Building, Chief Executive

Dick Elsy's role as the Chief Executive of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult brings together seven world class centres of industrial innovation in the UK which help accelerate new concepts to commercial reality and thereby create a sustainable high value manufacturing future for this country. The Catapult has capability and manufacturing facilities which span basic raw materials through to high integrity product assembly processes.He joined the Catapult from Torotrak plc, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology which reduces CO2 emissions in vehicles. As Chief Executive, he led this technology and licensing business which is one of the few UK listed companies involved in innovative automotive engineering and one of the very few engineering companies in the UK making a success of the licensing business model.Prior to this Dick was Product Development Director at Jaguar Cars Limited where he led the introduction of several new car programmes. Dick’s earlier roles were also in the automotive industry with a period of time spent with BMW in Munich leading a major car programme and a long career with Land Rover, where, as a member of the executive board, he devised, and went on to implement, the Land Rover Freelander.Through his career, Dick has gained extensive experience in the process of innovation management and of the introduction of new technologies to market.He has led both small scale and large scale organisations and is a passionate believer in value creation through technology.Dick is currently the Chair of both the Automotive Council and Aerospace Growth Partnership’s Manufacturing working groups and is a member of the Advanced Materials Leadership Council. He is also a member of the Automotive Council’s Technology group and sits on the board of Birmingham Science City. Dick is the holder of a Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution to British engineering and is also a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a past director and trustee of Engineering UK.
Professor Iain Gray

Cranfield University, Director of Aerospace

Iain has 27 years industry experience in the aerospace sector including roles at British Aerospace and BAE Systems. He held various engineering positions before taking on the roles of Director of Engineering, then Managing Director at Airbus UK. He became the first Chief Executive of Innovate UK following its establishment in 2007.Iain completed his early education in Aberdeen, culminating in an Engineering Science honours degree at Aberdeen University. In addition, he gained a Masters of Philosophy at Southampton University in 1989. Since then Iain has received Honorary Doctorates from Bath, Bristol, Aberdeen, Aston and Exeter Universities in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012 respectively.He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal in 2007. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011. Iain is a Board Member of Engineering UK, a Governor of the University of the West of England, a Board Member of SEMTA (the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies) and a Board Member of Energy Technologies Institute and on the Council of London City University. Iain was made a Fellow of Cardiff University and in the New Year’s Honours 2014 awarded a CBE for his contribution to innovation, science and technology.
David Kynaston

AMSCI Investment Board, Chairman

David Kynaston, OBE FInstP, completed his operational career as Operations Director and Senior Executive Vice President of Solectron Inc then the world’s largest Electronics Contract Manufacturer.Originally a scientist and holder of The Kelvin Prize for Physics, he spent his early years in the development of both electron beam machines and the ubiquitous CAT scanner. Later as a Director of Philips Electronics, over an eighteen-year period, he headed up the Mullard Electronics Components subsidiary and then The Business Communications and Private Mobile Radio Divisions.David has worked extensively abroad and latterly for seven years in Silicon Valley where he enjoyed spectacular growth in the Contract Manufacturing sector. Today he actively participates on several high tech boards and chairs two independent investment boards
Clare Marett

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Assistant Director, Advanced Manufacturing and Services
Harry C Moser

President Reshoring Initiative

Harry founded the Reshoring Initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US after working for GF AgieCharmilles, starting as President in 1985 and retiring in 2010 as Chairman Emeritus. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine’s Quality Professional of the year for 2012. Harry participated actively in President Obama’s 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won the January 2013 The Economist Debate on outsourcing and offshoring, and received the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014. He received a BS in ME and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967 and an MBA from University of Chicago in 1981.
Dr Virander Paul

Indian Embassy , Deputy High Commissioner

Virander Paul joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1991. Prior to his assignment as Deputy High Commissioner of India in London, he was Minister(Press) at the Indian Embassy in Washington D.C. Earlier, he has held diplomatic assignments in Indian Missions in Almaty, Vladivostok, Rome, St. Petersburg and Moscow. At the Ministry of External Affairs Headquarters, he has served in Europe East and Americas Divisions. He served as Director in the Prime Minister’s Office during 2007-2010.He holds a medical degree from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
Ian Pearce

Brinsea Products Ltd, MD

Ian graduated from Newcastle University with a 2:1 degree in Psychology and after gaining experience in purchasing, sales and administration at the age of 28 he started working for his father’s fledgling egg incubator company. He set out to gain experience of every role within the company before moving into management with the initial goal of improving production quality and achieving ISO9000 status. Within three years he was running the business which has since expanded steadily and now employs 38 staff manufacturing egg incubation and veterinary products in their new factory in Weston-super-Mare. Ian initiated a product development strategy based on market requirements and built up export sales leading to 80% of Brinsea’s products being exported to distributors in 35 countries who in turn sell Brinsea products all over the world.Through Ian’s guidance and vision Brinsea has developed a comprehensive range of incubators and incubation products that suit all small scale bird and specialist bird breeding needs. Brinsea’s products have received widespread acclaim and are used by breeding centres as diverse as the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, the National Centre for Birds of Prey, the Roslin Institute and Bristol Zoo, to name just a few. Brinsea also manufacture a series of patented contact incubators suitable for birds of prey and these are used in specialist breeding programmes all over the world such as in India in the Endangered Vulture Breeding Programme.Ian is on the Bristol board of The Frederick’s Foundation, a registered charity set up to offer start-up businesses funding and advice. He also provides mentoring and coaching services to small businesses. In his spare time Ian plays bass in a Bristol based band and he is a member of a Bristol running club.
Paul Sloman

Paul Sloman leads PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP’s UK Diversified Manufacturing sector team from an advisory perspective. His career has primarily focused in the Manufacturing sector, starting some 27 years ago in a number of line operational roles in the aerospace and automotive industries. During the last 15 years he has held a number of consulting roles supporting a range of private sector and private equity clients. Paul holds a BEng in Manufacturing Systems Engineering and a MSc in Industrial Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
Dick Elsy

UK High Value Manufacturing Catapult, The Oracle Building, Chief Executive

Dick Elsy's role as the Chief Executive of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult brings together seven world class centres of industrial innovation in the UK which help accelerate new concepts to commercial reality and thereby create a sustainable high value manufacturing future for this country. The Catapult has capability and manufacturing facilities which span basic raw materials through to high integrity product assembly processes.He joined the Catapult from Torotrak plc, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology which reduces CO2 emissions in vehicles. As Chief Executive, he led this technology and licensing business which is one of the few UK listed companies involved in innovative automotive engineering and one of the very few engineering companies in the UK making a success of the licensing business model.Prior to this Dick was Product Development Director at Jaguar Cars Limited where he led the introduction of several new car programmes. Dick’s earlier roles were also in the automotive industry with a period of time spent with BMW in Munich leading a major car programme and a long career with Land Rover, where, as a member of the executive board, he devised, and went on to implement, the Land Rover Freelander.Through his career, Dick has gained extensive experience in the process of innovation management and of the introduction of new technologies to market.He has led both small scale and large scale organisations and is a passionate believer in value creation through technology.Dick is currently the Chair of both the Automotive Council and Aerospace Growth Partnership’s Manufacturing working groups and is a member of the Advanced Materials Leadership Council. He is also a member of the Automotive Council’s Technology group and sits on the board of Birmingham Science City. Dick is the holder of a Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution to British engineering and is also a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a past director and trustee of Engineering UK.
Professor Iain Gray

Cranfield University, Director of Aerospace

Iain has 27 years industry experience in the aerospace sector including roles at British Aerospace and BAE Systems. He held various engineering positions before taking on the roles of Director of Engineering, then Managing Director at Airbus UK. He became the first Chief Executive of Innovate UK following its establishment in 2007.Iain completed his early education in Aberdeen, culminating in an Engineering Science honours degree at Aberdeen University. In addition, he gained a Masters of Philosophy at Southampton University in 1989. Since then Iain has received Honorary Doctorates from Bath, Bristol, Aberdeen, Aston and Exeter Universities in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011 and 2012 respectively.He is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and was awarded the Royal Aeronautical Society Gold Medal in 2007. He was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2011. Iain is a Board Member of Engineering UK, a Governor of the University of the West of England, a Board Member of SEMTA (the Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies) and a Board Member of Energy Technologies Institute and on the Council of London City University. Iain was made a Fellow of Cardiff University and in the New Year’s Honours 2014 awarded a CBE for his contribution to innovation, science and technology.
David Kynaston

AMSCI Investment Board, Chairman

David Kynaston, OBE FInstP, completed his operational career as Operations Director and Senior Executive Vice President of Solectron Inc then the world’s largest Electronics Contract Manufacturer.Originally a scientist and holder of The Kelvin Prize for Physics, he spent his early years in the development of both electron beam machines and the ubiquitous CAT scanner. Later as a Director of Philips Electronics, over an eighteen-year period, he headed up the Mullard Electronics Components subsidiary and then The Business Communications and Private Mobile Radio Divisions.David has worked extensively abroad and latterly for seven years in Silicon Valley where he enjoyed spectacular growth in the Contract Manufacturing sector. Today he actively participates on several high tech boards and chairs two independent investment boards
Ian Pearce

Brinsea Products Ltd, MD

Ian graduated from Newcastle University with a 2:1 degree in Psychology and after gaining experience in purchasing, sales and administration at the age of 28 he started working for his father’s fledgling egg incubator company. He set out to gain experience of every role within the company before moving into management with the initial goal of improving production quality and achieving ISO9000 status. Within three years he was running the business which has since expanded steadily and now employs 38 staff manufacturing egg incubation and veterinary products in their new factory in Weston-super-Mare. Ian initiated a product development strategy based on market requirements and built up export sales leading to 80% of Brinsea’s products being exported to distributors in 35 countries who in turn sell Brinsea products all over the world.Through Ian’s guidance and vision Brinsea has developed a comprehensive range of incubators and incubation products that suit all small scale bird and specialist bird breeding needs. Brinsea’s products have received widespread acclaim and are used by breeding centres as diverse as the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge, the National Centre for Birds of Prey, the Roslin Institute and Bristol Zoo, to name just a few. Brinsea also manufacture a series of patented contact incubators suitable for birds of prey and these are used in specialist breeding programmes all over the world such as in India in the Endangered Vulture Breeding Programme.Ian is on the Bristol board of The Frederick’s Foundation, a registered charity set up to offer start-up businesses funding and advice. He also provides mentoring and coaching services to small businesses. In his spare time Ian plays bass in a Bristol based band and he is a member of a Bristol running club.
Harry C Moser

President Reshoring Initiative

Harry founded the Reshoring Initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US after working for GF AgieCharmilles, starting as President in 1985 and retiring in 2010 as Chairman Emeritus. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine’s Quality Professional of the year for 2012. Harry participated actively in President Obama’s 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won the January 2013 The Economist Debate on outsourcing and offshoring, and received the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014. He received a BS in ME and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967 and an MBA from University of Chicago in 1981.
Dick Elsy

UK High Value Manufacturing Catapult, The Oracle Building, Chief Executive

Dick Elsy's role as the Chief Executive of the UK’s High Value Manufacturing Catapult brings together seven world class centres of industrial innovation in the UK which help accelerate new concepts to commercial reality and thereby create a sustainable high value manufacturing future for this country. The Catapult has capability and manufacturing facilities which span basic raw materials through to high integrity product assembly processes.He joined the Catapult from Torotrak plc, the global innovator in gearless traction drive technology which reduces CO2 emissions in vehicles. As Chief Executive, he led this technology and licensing business which is one of the few UK listed companies involved in innovative automotive engineering and one of the very few engineering companies in the UK making a success of the licensing business model.Prior to this Dick was Product Development Director at Jaguar Cars Limited where he led the introduction of several new car programmes. Dick’s earlier roles were also in the automotive industry with a period of time spent with BMW in Munich leading a major car programme and a long career with Land Rover, where, as a member of the executive board, he devised, and went on to implement, the Land Rover Freelander.Through his career, Dick has gained extensive experience in the process of innovation management and of the introduction of new technologies to market.He has led both small scale and large scale organisations and is a passionate believer in value creation through technology.Dick is currently the Chair of both the Automotive Council and Aerospace Growth Partnership’s Manufacturing working groups and is a member of the Advanced Materials Leadership Council. He is also a member of the Automotive Council’s Technology group and sits on the board of Birmingham Science City. Dick is the holder of a Silver Medal from the Royal Academy of Engineering for his outstanding contribution to British engineering and is also a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a past director and trustee of Engineering UK.
Harry C Moser

President Reshoring Initiative

Harry founded the Reshoring Initiative to bring manufacturing jobs back to the US after working for GF AgieCharmilles, starting as President in 1985 and retiring in 2010 as Chairman Emeritus. Largely due to the success of the Reshoring Initiative, Harry was inducted into the Industry Week Manufacturing Hall of Fame 2010 and was named Quality Magazine’s Quality Professional of the year for 2012. Harry participated actively in President Obama’s 2012 Insourcing Forum at the White House, won the January 2013 The Economist Debate on outsourcing and offshoring, and received the Manufacturing Leadership Council’s Industry Advocacy Award in 2014. He received a BS in ME and an MS in Engineering at MIT in 1967 and an MBA from University of Chicago in 1981.

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