Michael has more than 40 years of manufacturing and business experience. Prior to joining Black Swan Graphene, he was Business Director at Thomas Swan & Co. Ltd. responsible for the introduction of the graphene business which has been acquired by Black Swan Graphene. He holds a BSc(hons) in Electronics (University of Wales, Cardiff), an MBA, is a Chartered Engineer (CEng) and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET). Previous experience includes microprocessor design at Ferranti, 15 years as General Manager of Toshiba Electronics Europe in Düsseldorf where he introduced flash memory into Europe and presided over Toshiba’s dominant global DRAM position as Windows was launched into the PC market. Subsequently has worked in several start-up companies responsible for bringing advanced materials products to market.