Senior People

• Admiral the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL (Advisory Board)
  
  Lord Boyce joined the Royal Navy in 1961, became a submariner and also a specialist in anti-submarine warfare, and commanded both submarines and surface ships. He had a number of Flag appointments, including NATO Commands, and rose to the position of First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in 1998. He served as Chief of the Defence Staff and professional head of the Armed Forces - from February 2001, and on his retirement in the summer of 2003, he was created a Life Peer.

  He became the first Colonel Commandant of the Special Boat Service in November 2003 and Deputy Lieutenant of Greater London in December 2003. He was appointed Lord Warden and Admiral of the Cinque Ports and Constable of Dover Castle in July 2004. He is currently on the Boards of WS Atkins plc, and an advisor to CSC and is involved with a number of charities including being Chairman of the RNLI.

• Dr Tidu Maini (Advisory Board)
  
  Dr Tidu Maini is Executive Chairman of Qatar Science & Technology Park. He heads the science park’s strategy and governance, and leads its development of international research collaborations.

  Dr Tidu was appointed to this role in June 2007 by Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned, Chairperson of Qatar Foundation, of which the science park is a part. He is also Qatar Foundation’s Science & Technology Advisor.

  Dr Maini was most recently Pro Rector of Imperial College London, responsible for technology transfer, consulting services, strategic business alliances, development and alumni affairs. He is a member of the College’s Management Board and sits on a number of other College academic and business committees.

  Dr Maini has 30 years of experience in the management of technology companies in the defence, electronics, energy and ICT sectors. His extensive experience includes management of business in Europe, US, Asia and the Middle East.

  Prior to joining Imperial College Dr Maini was Senior Vice President of Schlumberger Inc, Main Board Member of Sema Group plc, Deputy Chairman GEC Marconi, and Managing Director GEC Software Systems.

  Dr Maini is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Goodenough College, London and Chairman of the London 2012 Olympic Technology Board.

  His other current positions include non executive board positions of Fortis Healthcare Ltd India, Imperial College Abu Dhabi Diabetes Clinic, United Arab Emirates and Imperial Innovations Ltd.

  He is a member of the Joint Advisory Board of Texas A&M University at Qatar, the International Advisory Board of Thorium Power in the US, the India-UK Roundtable and the Microsoft European Round Table.

  Dr Maini is also a member of the Emirates Foundation’s Board of Trustees, United Arab Emirates.

  Dr Maini has a PhD and BSc in Engineering from Imperial College and was a Post Doctoral Fellow of the University of California Berkeley.

• M. Shakeel Mughal - Managing Director
  

  Shakeel Mughal is a multi-lingual Chartered Engineer with a track record of establishing and delivering rapid growth of businesses for Blue Chip high technology multinational businesses operating in the Middle Eastern, African and Asian regions. His international business and P&L experience was gained in several market sectors including information technology, mobile & fixed line telecommunications, industrial electronics, aerospace & defence and has led to establishing Tricolom Ltd.

  Shakeel has worked with UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) on a number of programmes that help UK companies access business opportunities in international markets.

  Shakeel was a Director in the finance division of SchlumbergerSema, a $3Billion IT multinational and Vice President of Sema plc the second largest European IT company with responsibility for growing its business in the Indian Ocean Rim.

  Before joining Sema plc, Shakeel was a Regional Director for the newly formed Marconi Communications plc.

  Prior to its take-over by British Aerospace, Shakeel held senior management positions at GEC Marconi, the $7 billion Defence Electronics Company of GEC plc.

  Shakeel also spent 13 years in Ferranti International, a major UK defence group, where he held engineering and management positions. In his role as the in-country programme manager for Ferranti International, he lived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the late 1980's where he first encountered the modern concept and application of Offsets to major aerospace and defence procurement programmes.

  Shakeel is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.