Graham Cooley

Graham specialises in the development of early stage technology companies, with a particular interest in CleanTech. Sector experience includes:

- Fuel, power and energy
- Electricity supply and generation
- Telecoms
- Resources, materials and mining
- Environmental and industrial diagnostics
- Electrochemical devices and biosensors

Graham is also experienced in establishing and managing boards, investor relations, corporate governance and legal documentation.

Graham Cooley’s Specialties:

- Start-up development, team building, business planning
- IP management, technology-transfer, licensing
- Seed, venture capital, grant and offset funding
- Joint ventures, acquisitions and divestments

Graham specialises in turning technology and IP into products; identifying the product strategy and business model required to enter a target market and generate growth.

Graham Cooley’s Experience

CEO

ITM Power Plc

(Public Company; Renewables & Environment industry)

June 2009 — Present (6 months)

ITM Power has developed a range of materials and technology to reduce the cost of Hydrogen production. The company provides equipment to convert renewable energy to a clean fuel; storing the energy as green Hydrogen for decarbonising transport, industrial and residential applications.
CEO

Sensortec

(Biotechnology industry)

August 2007 — June 2009 (1 year 11 months)

Sensortec specialises in industrial diagnostics; developing ground breaking new technology and operating a highly successful analytical services business. The company owns Universal Sensors and Cawood plc.

Universal Sensors Limited is pushing the boundaries of detection technology, developing an integrated potentiometric biosensor platform for contaminants, toxins and disease markers in complex aqueous based samples.

Cawood plc is a market leader in analytical services owning two test laboratories; NRM and Sciantec. NRM Laboratories is regarded as one of the country's most innovative and experienced independent analytical businesses. Based near Bracknell, Berkshire, the company operates throughout the UK and Europe. Sciantec is based in Cawood near York and is the UK’s leading provider of food and feed analytical services.
CEO

Metalysis

(Mining & Metals industry)

February 2003 — July 2007 (4 years 6 months)

Metalysis is a leading technology business for the global specialty metals industry. Using the FFC Cambridge process, Metalysis has developed an important new technology for winning tantalum, titanium and other metals from the oxide.

The process works for a vast range of metals, alloys and carbides with significant economic and environmental benefits over existing processes. Metalysis holds the worldwide exclusive exploitation rights to the FFC Cambridge process.

www.metalysis.com
CEO

Antenova

(Telecommunications industry)

August 2000 — January 2003 (2 years 6 months)

Antenova is a leading developer and supplier of high performance antennas and RF antenna modules for mobile handsets, portable devices and laptop computers. Antenova’s patented High Dielectric Antenna (HDA®) and balanced antenna technologies enable integrated antennas and RF antenna modules that are smaller, higher in efficiency, operate across multiple bands and offer more robust performance. Antenova’s high performance integrated antenna solutions along with the gigaNOVA® range of GPS, 2.4 and 5 GHz antennas are ideally suited for an extensive range of applications, including GSM and CDMA, 3G, GPS, 802.11 a/b/g, Bluetooth® and Zigbee®. Future applications currently under development include UWB, WiMAX and Mobile TV.

www.antenova.com
BDM

International Power PLC

(Public Company; Utilities industry)

December 1998 — August 2000 (1 year 9 months)

International Power plc is a leading independent electricity generating company with interests in over 29,000 MW (gross) of power generating capacity, located in 19 countries.

Together with power generation, the company uses its capabilities to successfully and profitably develop closely-linked businesses. These include: wholesale production of fresh water through seawater desalination, production and distribution of steam, district heating via cogeneration, a small but growing electricity retail business, open-cast coal mining, gas transportation and renewable energy.

www.ipplc.com
BDM

National Power PLC

(Public Company; Utilities industry)

January 1994 — December 1998 (5 years )

National Power was formed following the privatisation of the UK electricity market. In England and Wales the Central Electricity Generating Board which was responsible for the generation and transmission of electricity was spilt into three generating companies Powergen, National Power and Nuclear Electric and a transmission company National Grid Company plc. National Power was the largest of these new companies having around 52 percent of the generating market. It later diversified into the supply market in 1999 by purchasing the supply business of the Regional Electricity Company Midlands Electricity and created the npower supply brand. In 2001 following investor pressure the company demerged into two separate companies Innogy which was responsible for the UK based operations and International Power which took over the international operations.
Research Manager

Central Electricity Research Laboratory

(Utilities industry)

October 1989 — January 1994 (4 years 4 months)

Projects Included:

- Regenesys energy storage technology
- Solid Polymer Fuel Cells (PEM)
- Membrane development (Nafion, Flemion and Aciplex)
- Hydrogen energy storage using Electrolysers and Fuel Cells
- Electrochemical reduction of CO2
- Chemicals coproduction clean fuels and fuel strategies
- High Tc superconductors
- Conducting polymers

Graham Cooley’s Education

University of Bradford

MBA (Distinction) , 1994 — 1996

Thesis:
Planning growth in early stage technology companies.
Developing new technology in a corporate environment.
The business case for cleantech (before it was obvious!).
University of Oxford

DSM , 1994 — 1995
Brunel University

PhD , Materials Physics , 1986 — 1989

Thesis:
Conductivity mechanisms in conducting polymers.
Brunel University

MPhil , Materials Physics , 1986 — 1987

Thesis:
Electron beam lithography of electroactive polymers.
UWIST

BSc (Hons) , Physics , 1982 — 1985

Additional Information

Graham Cooley’s Websites:

Antenova

Graham Cooley’s Interests:

Twentieth Century design collector. Owner of the largest known collection of mobile phones (on display at the HNF museum, Germany). Owner of Cogswell & Harrison (Gunmakers) Owner of Harrison & Hussey (Gunmakers)

Graham Cooley’s Groups:

Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM)
Fellow of the Royal Microscopical Society (FRMS)
Member of the Institute of Physics (MInstPhys)
Member of the Institute of Directors (MIoD)