HENRY ROYCE INSTITUTE APPOINTS DR NICK RIMMER AS HEAD OF BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT

The Henry Royce Institute (Royce), the UK’s national institute for advanced materials research and innovation, has appointed Dr Nick Rimmer to the role of Head of Business Engagement.

Dr Nick Rimmer will take the strategic lead in delivering Royce’s industry collaboration and foresighting programmes. He will also lead on a translation strategy to maximise the exploitation of advanced materials research to deliver commercial applications. 

Nick has a first degree and PhD in Materials Science and over 25 years of technical and commercial experience in a range of international businesses bringing novel and disruptive technologies to market. Much of his career has been in the semiconductor industry where he worked on thin film deposition techniques for metals, insulators, semiconductors, and piezoelectrics. Read more