Management team
BSc, PhD, FCA
Non-Executive Chairman, Chairman of the Audit
Committee
Godfrey Ainsworth qualified as a Chartered Accountant and
was employed by Coopers & Lybrand before becoming an audit
partner and then corporate finance partner with Spicer &
Oppenheim. Following a period as Finance Director of a human
resource consulting group, he founded Gambit Corporate
Finance in 1992, a practice specialising in the provision of
corporate finance services. He has held several
Non-Executive Directorship appointments, including
assignments for 3i plc and the Welsh Development Agency. He
has provided advice to EPI since its inception and was
appointed to the Board in 1997. He was appointed to the
Board of IQE Plc in April 1999, and was appointed Chairman
in February 2002.
Dr Andrew W Nelson OBE, BSc, PhD, FREng
President and Chief Executive Officer
Drew Nelson joined BT Research Laboratories in 1981, leading
the group responsible for the development of MOCVD
technology for the manufacture of opto-electronic devices
for optical fibre communications. He subsequently managed
the technology transfer from BT to Agilent. Together with
Mike Scott, he founded EPI in 1988, becoming Managing
Director in 1991 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in
1996. Dr Nelson was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of IQE Plc in April 1999 and became Chief Executive
Officer in February 2002 when he split his role and Dr
Godfrey Ainsworth was appointed to the role of Chairman.
Phillip J Rasmussen BSc, ACA
Group Finance Director
Phillip Rasmussen qualified as a Chartered Accountant in the audit practice of Coopers and Lybrand, a predecessor firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PwC"). During his career with PwC he spent two years in Toronto, Canada and has gained significant experience of working with and advising a broad range of companies in a variety of sectors, including multinational main market and AIM listed companies. Before joining IQE Mr Rasmussen was Director of Transaction Services with PwC in Bristol and worked with IQE on two major acquisitions during 2006. He was appointed to the Board of IQE Plc in March 2007.
Simon J Gibson OBE
Non-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Simon Gibson is currently President and Chief Executive Officer of Wesley
Clover Limited, a private holding company with assets in
technology, the leisure sector and commercial real estate.
Prior to joining Wesley Clover, Simon was co-founder,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Ubiquity Software
Corporation, a pioneer in the creation of SIP based
telecommunications services for Global Service Providers. Mr
Gibson has also been a senior member of the management teams
at Newbridge Networks and Mitel, following an initial career
at British Telecommunications (BT), and currently holds a
number of private and public board appointments. He was
appointed to the Board of IQE Plc in January 2002.
Dr Howard Williams BSc, PhD, CEng, MIMechE, MCIBSE
Operations Director
Howard Williams has held a number of positions within both
Manufacturing and Service industry sectors, with roles
ranging from Engineering Management to General Management.
He was a member of the founding team of EPI in 1988 and was
appointed Operations Director for EPI in 1996. He was
appointed General Manager of IQE Inc in 2002 and General
Manager of IQE (Europe) Limited in 2003. He was subsequently
appointed Chief Operations Officer in 2004 and was appointed
to the Board of IQE Plc as Operations Director in December
2004.
Mr
Adrian Meldrum BSc (Hons) 1st Class
Business Development Director
Adrian joined IQE in October 2009, and has over 15 years
experience in the optoelectronics market sector having held
a range of technical and commercial roles with JDSU and more
recently, business development and sales & marketing roles
at Bookham (now Oclaro) where he was Executive Vice
President and General Manager of the Telecom Division until
joining IQE.
Chris Meadows
Corporate Communications / Investor Relations
Tel +44 (0) 29 2083 9400
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