Senior Management team
Bernard Gray, Project Director
Bernard is a qualified engineer with international experience in marketing and general management in the automotive and related industries, the paper and board sector, and acted as project manager for new manufacturing plants built in Mexico, Ireland and the UK. Bernard spent 20 years with TRW, culminating in the role as General Manager – Sales and Engineering, where he led TRW North American Steering and Chassis division. After TRW Bernard was a director of Parkfield Group and managing director of Eften Europa BV, where he was responsible for establishing the European division of TWKK Japan.
Patrick Foss-Smith, Project Director
Patrick is an environmental engineering consultant specialising in contaminated site remediation and innovative technology development for alternative energy and waste management. He was adviser to the government of Hong Kong and to local government in England on waste management projects and landfill management. Prior to government and consulting, Patrick was an army officer with the Royal Engineers, as a civil engineer, and also worked as a lead engineer in the private sector with Wimpey Waste Management, developing waste management systems for the oil and chemical industries. He is currently studying for an MSc in Integrated Environmental Management at Bath University for completion in June 2007.
Ken Hughes, Project Director
Ken is an experienced biochemist with an academic and research background culminating in a Professorship at Georgia Tech, before moving to follow the commercial interests arising from his research activities. He is actively involved in the development of environmental clean technologies and is also experienced in working with government bodies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy and Department of Defence. After leaving Georgia Tech, he founded Burst Inc, a company focused on the development of innovative packaging technology, allowing controlled manipulation of binary and tertiary chemical systems. In addition, he was CTO and director for Water Visions International, a US-based company focused on the development of composite materials for fluid treatment.
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