Jim Webster

Jim has lived in the Swindon area since graduating from Leeds University in 1972 and has lived in Highworth since 1980 with his wife and family. He served as a Governor of Highworth Warneford School for eight years and is actively involved in a number of local community initiatives including Highworth Festival, WrdeUp Music Festival and SN-SIX Wheeled Sports.

Jim retired from Spectris plc, the London Stock Exchange listed instrumentation and controls company where he was a main board director for 21 years. He was responsible for six of the largest companies in the Spectris Group as well as the Asia Pacific and Latin America corporate teams. Prior to joining Spectris, Jim held a number of senior management positions in the Electronics Division of Raychem Corporation, the California-based materials science company whose European HQ was in Swindon. During his career, Jim has been responsible for the functions of international sales and marketing, product management, manufacturing operations, finance and general management.