Executive Board

Chair & Immediate Past President

Kate Thornton CEng CSci FIMMM

Kate is the Chief Executive of ABMEC.

Kate studied Biomedical Material Science for her undergraduate degree at the University of Manchester. She then went on to complete her PhD in self-assembled peptide hydrogels for the three-dimensional culture of embryonic stem cells at the same university.

Kate first became involved with IOM3 as a student in the Younger Members' Committee (now the Student & Early Career Group) in 2008 and succeeded Neil Glover as President in January 2023.

President 2025-2026

Christine Blackmore CEnv CSci FIMMM

Vice-President

Mike Clinch FIMMM

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Vice-President

Graham Ormondroyd FIMMM

Vice-President

Colleen Mann CEng FIMMM

Honorary Treasurer

Thomas Hill MIMMM

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Elected Representative from Advisory Council & EDI Lead

Jude Allan MIMMM MInstPkg(Dip)

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[email protected]

Chair - International Affairs Committee

Martin Cox CEng FIMMM

Co-opted Member

James Hannigan CEng FIMMM

Jim is currently Head of Skills Capability at the Manufacturing Skills Academy within the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS).

Before this, he was NMIS Skills Programme Manager with Skills Development Scotland (SDS), where he was responsible for leading the development of the initial business proposition for the NMIS Manufacturing Skills Academy.

However, the bulk of his career was in heavy engineering and manufacturing, where, joining the company as an apprentice, Jim spent over 35 years with Doosan Babcock, where he served as Director of Asset Management, leading the Manufacturing and Engineering Consultancy division of the business.

Jim holds an honours degree in Metallurgy and an MBA, both achieved from University of Strathclyde. He has been a Chartered Engineer (CEng) since 1994 and sits on the SDS Engineering Skills Leadership Group. He is a Fellow of IOM3 (FIMMM), as well as serving on the IOM3 Commercial Board.

He was also recently awarded Fellowship of West College Scotland (FWCS), where he served on the Board of Management for six years and is currently Chair of DYW West (Developing the Young Workforce) in Scotland.

Chair - Members' Board

Martyn Jones CEng FIMMM

Chair - Commercial Activities Board

Ian Marchant CEng FIMMM

Co-opted Member

Alexander Norori-McCormac CEng CSci MIMMM

Chair - Technology Communities Board

Richard Oblath FIMMM

Chair - Student & Early Career Committee

Iliya Rašović MIMMM

Chair - Professional Standards & Development Board

David Stewart CEng FIMMM

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Elected Representative from Advisory Council

Jason Webb CEng MIMMM