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Nigel J Perry

Non-Executive Director,

Nigel began his career with ICI, working across engineering, operations, technology management, and project and business management internationally. From ICI, he joined PwC Consulting focusing on the development, consolidation and evolution of the European High Technology Sector.

He was appointed as the founding CEO of CPI in 2003, stepping down in 2020. Nigel is the Senior Independent Director of the National Physical Laboratory, the UK’s National Metrology Institute. He is a Lay Member of Durham University’s Council, where he chairs the Ethics Committee.

Nigel J Perry - Non-Executive Director,
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