Meet The Team

This group will adopt a dual focus by tackling the issue on two fronts.One will address Apprenticeships, while the other will look at the skills fissure in the Boardroom. Members will use their own experiences to demonstrate how you change a company’s mindset to strengthen the organisation both from the top down, to the bottom up.

Ian Fitzpatrick

Chief Executive Officer (Elite Centre for Manufacturing Skills)

Ian Middleton

UK Chairman (Gestamp)

Phil Stanley

Managing Director (TWP Manufacturing Ltd)

Malcolm Hallewell

Managing Director (JLF Manufacturing)

Alan Lusty

CEO (ADI Group)

Gareth Jones

Managing Director (In-Comm Training & Business Services)

Carl Hughes

Manufacturing and Plant Director (Dennis Eagle)

Emma Holly

Managing Director (Lucy Castings)

Chris Greenhough

Commercial Director (Salop Design and Engineering Ltd)

Ian Greenaway

Managing Director (MTM Products Ltd)

Industry 4.0 is classed as the fourth industrial revolution in industry and manufacturing, whereby computers and automation will come together to create a ‘smart factory’.

Board members help shape MIM’s 4.0 strategy by identifying exhibitions and speaker opportunities which will benefit the entire membership. In addition, there will be opportunities to demonstrate thought leadership by writing articles in our magazine, social media platforms and specific Industry 4.0 blogs.

Graham Yeomans

Director (Yeoman Pressings Ltd)

Tom Bouchier

Managing Director (FANUC UK Limited)

Steven McCarthy

Owner (Mackart Additive)

Steve Farrow

Managing Director (Pilz Automation Technology)

Mark Weymouth

Managing Director (PLUS Automation Ltd)

Andrew Hodgson

Strategic Sales Lead - Digitalisation (Siemens)

Matt Benfield

Managing Director (Visdata Limited)

Richard Jones

Managing Director (MTI Welding Technologies)

Doug Allen

Managing Director (NDT Midlands)

Edward James

Managing Director (Citizen Machinery UK)

Members of this group will play a crucial role in helping to steer the future direction of Made in the Midlands (MIM). Whilst helping companies to be inclusive, the knowledge and skills of the members concerned will help realise the aims of the MIM Inclusivity Campaign.

As a member of the group your knowledge will be vital in helping companies boost their productivity and tackle key challenges such as skills shortages by making staff members feel more involved and valued in the everyday operation of the business.

Simone Thomas

Director (HT Brigham)

Chet Parmar

Head of Enterprises Employment and Skills (Colebridge Enterprises)

Jason James

Business Development Support (Hexagon Metrology Ltd)

Linda Bates

Project Director (B . Hepworth & Co. Ltd)

Claire Robinson

Managing Director (Wrekin Sheet Metal)

Anthony Chisholm

Managing Director (Alpha Drive Engineering Services Ltd)

Mark Taylor

Director

Baroness Lorely Burt

Advisor to the Made in Group (Made in the Midlands News)