Management who’s who
Chairman – Dr Peter Rowley
Peter is an active business mentor and investor, having retired in 2000 following his earlier successful management buyout of Victrex PLC from ICI, and subsequent listing of the business on the London Stock Exchange. Peter has a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Kings College, London.
CEO – Dr Michael Edelman
Michael joined Nanoco in 2004, having held executive/senior management positions in a number of successful companies, including Exatec LLC, yet2.com, Colloids Ltd and Brunner Mond & Company Ltd. He started his career with ICI and has a Ph.D. in Organometallic Chemistry from the University of Sussex.
Founder & Chief Technology Officer – Dr Nigel Pickett
Nigel’s research has focused on precursor design for MOVPE growth, gas phase synthesis of nanoparticles, design and evaluation of precursors used in MOVPE, and solution phase synthesis of nanoparticles. Nigel co-founded Nanoco while working at The University of Manchester.
Founder & Scientific Advisor – Prof. Paul O'Brien
Head of the Chemistry Department and a Chair in the Materials Department at University of Manchester, Paul is the Chairman of the Materials Forum of the Royal Society of Chemistry, leader of the Royal Society’s programme at the University of Zululand, SA, and an adviser to Mahanakorn University of Technology, Thailand.
Vice President (Asia) – Dr Nobuaki Tamagawa
Nobuaki joined Nanoco in 2005 as Executive Adviser (Asia). Formerly Technical Director for DuPont, and with Sony for over 20 years, his Ph.D. in the Physics of Material Science is from Hokkaido National University, and he teaches physics as visiting Professor at the American University, Washington DC.