Jacqui Murray - Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult for South Wales
Jacqui Murray is the Director of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult for South Wales. Her background is in the Welsh steel industry, environmental regulation, UK battery and advanced materials innovation. Jacqui’s role is to ensure Wales has exceptional links to the entire HVMC network, provide leadership to Welsh manufacturing at a strategic level and through a digital factory hub inspire a greater adoption of digital and automation tools increase productivity.
She continues as chair of the £65m SmartNanoNI Advisory Group and previously held the positions of Chief Operating Officer of the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) and Deputy Director of the £611m million Faraday Battery Challenge, where she helped lead government investment to develop batteries that are cost-effective, high-quality, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable. She is a member of the UK Government Battery Taskforce. Jacqui continues to advocate for diversity and inclusion in engineering and the positive impact that manufacturing brings to our communities and the UK.
Jacqui Murray - Director, High Value Manufacturing Catapult for South Wales