UK offshore wind innovation centre names former Siemens exec as new chief
New ORE Catapult CEO of innovation centre hails ability of offshore wind to 'regenerate forgotten communities'
The Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, a UK technology innovation and research centre for offshore wind, has named a former Siemens executive as its new CEO.
Steve Foxley takes up his new post at ORE Catapult early next year, the innovation centre announced today.
He is currently CEO of the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Sheffield, part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult, a sister R&D centre set up by the UK government under its InnovateUK catapult programme a decade ago.
Foxley previously spent over a decade at German industrial giant Siemens, including as managing director of its building technologies division and as a member of the management board.
Foxley replaces Andrew Jamieson who stepped down earlier this year after over a decade in charge of ORE Catapult.
ORE Catapult chair Ronnie Bonnar said: “Steve’s extensive national and international experience of driving innovation, investment and growth will be a huge asset not just to ORE Catapult but to the whole of the offshore renewable energy sector”.
“His experience of working within the Innovate UK Catapult Network will also ensure ever greater collaboration across the network, delivering massive benefits to the UK as we look to scale up offshore wind to meet our net zero goals and become a clean energy superpower.”
Foxley said offshore wind is a sector that has “long held my fascination for its capacity to regenerate forgotten communities; to provide green energy to homes and businesses; to push the boundaries of innovation, and to make industrial scale impact globally.
“I am very much looking forward to joining the team at ORE Catapult to support this critical sector and to deliver on the country's ambitions."
Stella Peace, interim executive chair at Innovate UK, said Foxley has been a “successful and respected CEO of the AMRC, and his move to ORE Catapult is a testament to the calibre of talent that exists within the Innovate UK Catapult Network.”
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