
Murray Reed
Chief Executive Officer
Over 30 years in commercial photonics development
PhD Applied Physics, Stanford

Xiao Ai
Chief Technical Officer
Expert in lidar and quantum sensors, QTEC fellow
PhD Electronic Engineering, Bristol

Chris Wardle
Chief Manufacturing Officer
Over 25 years experience in operations, manufacturing and engineering
MsC Instrumentation & Applied Physics, Glasgow Caledonian University

Paul Hughes
Chief Financial Officer
Over 15 years of experience in Finance and Treasury roles
BSc Economics, Cardiff University

Puneet Chhabra
Head of Software Development
Technology innovator with over a decade of experience in systems, sensing & engineering
PhD Electrical Engineering, University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University

Andrew Weld
Head of Research & Development
Over 15 years R&D experience in optical sensing
PhD Optoelectronics, Southampton

Gavin Lindsay
Head of Business Development
Over 30 years of experience in commercial and technology introduction
BSc Applied Geology, University of Glasgow

Alex Dunning
Head of Engineering
System integration and test
PhD Optical, Atomic & Molecular Physics, Southampton

John Bennett
Head of Electronics
20 years experience in electronics development
BEng Electronic Engineering, Cardiff

Ross Elliott
Head of Quality & Compliance
Over 40 years’ experience in R&D, operations, manufacturing, purchasing & quality
HNC Electrical Engineering, Somerset College of Arts & Technology

John Powell
Head of Supply Chain
Over 30 years of experience in commercial and technology introduction
BSc Applied Geology, University of Glasgow

Mark Walker
Head of Manufacturing
Over 25 years Manufacturing & Operations experience in Aerospace, Oil, Industrial
BEng, Bath Exec MBA, Southampton

James Titchener
Senior Scientist
Quantum optics and software expert, QTEC fellow
PhD Physics, ANU

Martyn Braithwaite
Software Architect
Specialist in mission critical computing, automation and machine learning
BSc Mathematics, Exeter

Brian Kiernan
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Over 20 years R&D experience in optical detection systems
BSc Product Design, Glamorgan

David Lowndes
Senior Lidar Engineer
14 years experience designing, building & testing quantum optical devices
PhD Electronic Engineering, Bristol