Biography

Currently CTO of Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology, John has led the development of capital equipment for the semiconductor and electronics industries for over two decades across wide-ranging technology areas from front end Semiconductor processes to wafer level packaging applications.

From the device side John worked on the commercialisation of graphene electronics with Paragraf.

In these positions John has been responsible for bringing novel technologies and processes to the industry and supporting the introduction of products by top tier consumer electronics companies.

John has held Non-Executive positions in high technology with experience of the acquisition process of high-tech companies from a multinational corporate viewpoint.