Andrew Hosty combines global company experience with that of early stage businesses, and has a strong background in engineering and technology. He spent over twenty years in senior positions at FTSE 250 multi-national engineering group Morgan Advanced Materials plc, including as CEO of Morgan Ceramics, and has extensive international experience in the US and Asia. After Morgan, he helped set up the Henry Royce Institute, working with a wide network of universities and government departments. He is Senior Independent Director at James Cropper plc, and an experienced non-executive director of several other commercial and private equity organisations. Andrew Hosty has a PhD in Materials Science from the University of Sheffield, and is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institute of Materials.