Board of Directors


The AMRC has a board of directors who set out the scope and content of the AMRC’s generic research projects. Board members are selected representatives from a cross section of the centre’s principal sponsors, ensuring that the research undertaken can help achieve the organisation’s Mission and ultimately benefit the widest possible spectrum of stakeholders.

Barton Moenster, Chairman
Director of Advanced Manufacturing Research and Development, the Boeing Company, St Louis
Adrian Allen
Commercial Director of the AMRC
John Baragwanath OBE,
AMRC Project Director
Stephen Burgess
Manufacturing Process & Technology Director, Rolls-Royce
Dr Frank Brinken
CEO, StarragHeckert
Shaun Clark
Managing Director, Applied PLM solutions, Nottingham
Dr. Sergio Durante
Executive Vice President of DIAD
Paula Fisher
Financial Controller, AMRC
Derrick Fothergill
Managing Director, Technicut Limited
Stephen Johnston
BAE Systems
Patrick Monclar
Vice President, Messier Dowty
Brian Moran
Director of UK Industrial Participation, the Boeing Company
Roger Onions
Sales Director, Delcam UK
John Payne
Operations Director, Smiths Industries
Professor Keith Ridgway
Research Director of the AMRC, OBE
Ralf Riedemann
GM, European Engineering Department
Marc Saunders
Group Marketing Services Manager, Renishaw
Andy Smith
Senior Manager - Marketing and Product Management Sandvik Coromant UK
Chip Storie
Vice President, Cincinnati Lamb USA
Professor Geof Tomlinson
Pro Vice Chancellor, University of Sheffield
Jimmy Williams
Vice President of Research, Alcoa