About Us - Management Team
Robert Elias
A former Technical Manager with a major wood-based panels manufacturer, Rob is the
Commercial Manager for the Centre for Advanced and Renewable Materials.
He has been instrumental in establishing the Technology Transfer Centre on the Isle
of Anglesey and in orchestrating renewed focus on private sector income capture.
With his extensive list of contacts across every sector in which it operates, Rob
is a champion for BC commercial activity across the board.
Graham Ormondroyd
Graham is Head of Materials at BC where he manages a large portfolio of commercial
work involving naturally derived materials, waste management and waste utilisation. He
is focused on increasing BC's materials research base to continuously improve its
support of the commercial R&D needs of industrial and government clients.
Graham trained as a forester, forest industries technologist and natural materials
scientist. Graham's personal research has focused on novel wood protection techniques,
chemical modification and novel resin systems. He has also undertaken academic research
on benchmarking resins in MDF production and the use of recycled wood in the
particleboard industry.
Adam Charlton
A trained materials chemist with over 20 years experience, including the development of novel compounds
for applications in optics and molecular electronics and the commercial synthesis of pharmaceutical
intermediates.
Adam's recent focus on biorefining and developing novel fractionation and extraction technologies
for biomass has culminated in significant research investment and collaborative projects with
industry on various aspects of biorefining.
Adam co-ordinates Bangor University's input into BEACON, a five year, £20 million EU funded
initiative to establish a Welsh Centre of Excellence in Biorefining, and has responsibility for
managing the BioComposites Centre BioProducts and BioRefining - Technology Transfer Centre located at Mona, Anglesey.