Chris’ career in electronics and semiconductors started at British Telecom Research Laboratories before joining a new joint venture between BT and US based DuPont in 1986.
Chris was part of the founding team at Epitaxial Products International Ltd (EPI) in Cardiff in 1988 which became IQE plc in 1999 following a successful IPO.
With a background in science and engineering, Chris also holds an MBA and has held a number of senior management positions within the IQE Group.
Chris is currently Director of CSconnected, representing the world’s first compound semiconductor cluster that is rapidly evolving across South Wales and the West of England.

South Wales has a strong industrial base of global semiconductor businesses including IQE, SPTS and Microchip, dating back to the 1980’s and supported by world-class academic expertise at Cardiff and Swansea Universities. What started as ad-hoc interactions between the industrial and academic entities has become a focused effort driven by critical investments and projects in the region.

CSconnected is the collective brand for a growing number of advanced semiconductor related activities in Wales, home to a unique community of academic institutions, prototyping facilities and global, high-volume manufacturing capabilities that collaborate across a range of research and innovation programs. CSconnected is uniquely positioned to develop a global advantage in a sovereign, key enabling technology which will allow Wales and the UK to increase trade globally in critical sectors such as 5G communications, autonomous and electric vehicles, advanced medical devices, and consumer electronics of the future.

Chris presented at CoInnovate 2019 & 2021

Click to download or view Chris’ CoInnovateCS 2019 presentation