In his role as Chair, Jonathan will lead the Board to help deliver the mission and purpose of CSA Catapult, as well as overseeing the corporate governance of the organisation.
Jonathan takes over from the current Chair, Rob Bryan who has successfully completed his term of office and will remain as a Non-executive Director.
Graduating in Physics from Imperial College in 1982, Jonathan holds an MBA from Southampton University Management School.
He started his career designing scientific and communications satellites at Marconi, where he worked for twenty years, before and after its acquisition by BAE Systems. He held both technical and managerial roles before becoming a managing director at Marconi and then at BAE Systems.
In 2005, Jonathan was appointed CEO of Oxford Instruments – the first substantial spin-out company from Oxford University – where he served for 11 years.
Jonathan is currently Chairman of Quantic and Executive Chairman of Refeyn.
Jonathan has also been a Non-executive Director for Stadium plc and Senior Independent Non-executive Director for Cobham plc, a leading UK defence and communications equipment contractor.
Jonathan was President of the Institute of Physics (IOP) between 2019 and 2021 and has been a Fellow since 2007. He is also a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He was awarded a CBE in 2012 ‘for services to Business and Science’.
Established in 2018 by Innovate UK, CSA Catapult is the UK’s authority on compound semiconductor applications and commercialisation.
The purpose of CSA Catapult is to deliver long-term benefit to the UK economy and accelerate economic growth in industries where applying compound semiconductors creates a competitive edge and enables new products or end markets.
