Graeme Purdy - CEO, Ilika plc

Graeme has been CEO of Ilika (AIM: IKA), the advanced cleantech materials discovery company, since its spin-out from the University of Southampton in May 2004. The company has an international reputation for excellence in its field and has attracted major multinational customers including Shell Hydrogen, Toyota and NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor). Prior to joining Ilika, Graeme was Chief Operating Officer of a high-technology company in the Netherlands and before that worked internationally for Shell. Graeme holds a Master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Cambridge and an MBA from INSEAD business school in France. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chemical Engineering and a Sainsbury Management Fellow. In addition to his CEO role at Ilika, he is a non-executive director of Southampton Asset Management.

Graeme sat on the panel for 'Cleantech meets Biotech' 30.09.10.