LOCOMOTIVE FINAL CONFERENCE

Hamburg 5-6 June 2007

Mark Mawhinney

Mark joined Isis as General Manager Isis Enterprise in November 2004 and manages Isis Enterprise worldwide business activities. Mark has many years experience at operating in the interface between the research world, business and the public sector. His experience in technology transfer comes from a wide range of previous activities, from which he has built a strong understanding of the diverse drivers of innovation.

Isis Enterprise, the consulting division of Isis Innovation, was established in 2004 and provides consulting expertise and advice to clients across the broad range of the public and private sectors, in the UK and internationally. Our current clients include publicly funded organisations such as the Natural Environment Research Council and the Carbon Trust as well as a range of smaller University and business clients.

Most recently Mark was Project Director of Knowledge Starts, an ERDF Programme to support Sheffield’s universities in technology transfer and building links with business. Before that he was the first Director of the Sustainable Cities Research Institute at Northumbria University, where he established strong links with public sector agencies and was involved in the formation of a start-up business. Mark has a PhD in Civil Engineering and worked in UK, South-East Asia and South America for Tarmac and Penta Ocean.

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