The Board

Phil Lawler

Chairman

Aged 61 – has extensive experience of high‑technology industries. He started with co‑founding a software business and subsequently spent 18 years until 2002 at Hewlett Packard in various senior positions, most recently as Chairman and Managing Director of Hewlett Packard, UK and Ireland. After leaving Hewlett Packard, he has been Chairman of a number of technology companies including several private companies where he has been introduced by venture capital investors.  Between 2003 and 2005 he was non‑executive Chairman of Densitron Technologies plc. He is a Chartered Director.

Ian Dinwoodie

Chief Executive

Aged 49 – joined Xaar in September 2001 as Group Operations Director and was appointed Chief Executive in July 2003. With over 20 years’ experience in high‑technology operations, he has held a variety of roles in engineering, quality assurance and manufacturing within the semiconductor, electronics and electronic imaging industries. Immediately prior to joining Xaar, he held the position of Director of Manufacturing for Fujifilm Electronic Imaging Ltd.

Alex Bevis 

Finance Director & Company Secretary

Aged 35 – joined Xaar in February 2011 after 10 years at CSR plc (Cambridge Silicon Radio).  He held a variety of key finance roles during his 10 years at CSR, supporting the growth of the business including the IPO in 2004 and multiple acquisitions.  He was most recently employed as Vice President of Finance.  He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte prior to joining CSR in 2000.  Alex was appointed to the board on 14th February 2011.

Phil Eaves

Sales and Marketing Director

Aged 57 – was previously Marketing Manager, Europe at Dainippon Screen, a world leader in electronic equipment for the graphic arts, flat panel display, printed circuit board and semiconductor markets. He brings over 20 years of sales and marketing expertise across many sectors of imaging and printing industries and has held senior management positions at Scitex, Crosfield and Xeikon.

Ramon Borrell

Research & Development Director

Aged 46 – joined Xaar in August 2007. He was previously Program Manager and Technology Strategy Director in the Large Format Printing Division of Hewlett Packard, where he spent 13 years in Barcelona, Spain, all of them in R&D. He was trained as a Mechanical Engineer and has a Masters in Automotive Business and Technology. Ramon is also Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Directors of the Imaging Science and Technology Society.

Ted Wiggans 

Operations Director

Aged 55 – With over 30 years experience in high technology operations.  Immediately prior to joining Xaar he was Chief Operating Officer at Cambridge Semiconductor Ltd (CamSemi). Before joining CamSemi in 2006, he was Operations Director at Zetex Semiconductors with overall responsibility for its multi-site, multi-national manufacturing activities and a global team of 500. In addition, he has held senior-level manufacturing, engineering and quality roles with Motorola and Philips. He is a Chartered Engineer.

David Cheesman

Non-Executive Director 

Aged  68 – joined Xaar in July 2011. He obtained an electrical engineering degree from City University before qualifying as a Chartered Engineer with the UKAEA. He was a senior engineer with Honeywell, Chief Engineer at CASE Ltd, Technical Operations Director at Univac, Vice President International with Prime Computer Inc. and CEO of Dowty Information Systems Ltd. He then joined the venture capital industry in 1989 and was head of the High Technology Investment Unit at 3i, a Partner in TriTech Investments and then spent 12 years as a General Partner with Advent Ventures. He has held many Directorships on Investee companies in the electronics, telecommunications and advanced materials sectors. He was recently a non-executive Director of LSI Lasers Ltd, Celoxica Plc, Inca Digital Ltd, and is currently on the Advisory Board of the London Technology Fund.

Robin Williams

Non-Executive Director

Aged  52 – joined Xaar in March 2010. He obtained an engineering degree from Oxford before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell and then moving into corporate finance. He spent ten years with County Bank, UBS Philips & Drew and Salomon Brothers before co-founding Britton Group plc. As CEO of Britton, he grew the business to £250m revenues within six years, before selling to a competitor. He was then an executive Director of Hepworth PLC, with a leading role in the rationalisation and subsequent sale of the group. He has subsequently held various public and private company directorships across a range of industries including business services. Robin is currently Chairman of Killby & Gayford Group Ltd and a non-executive director of Constantine and London Linen Supply Ltd.

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