Benton Wilcoxon

He has founded upwards of 10 companies to commercialize new products, most notably Ashurst Technology Ltd (Ashurst) and Composite Technology Corporation (CTC). As the head of Ashurst, he identified and was the first to develop and commercialize aluminum scandium alloys for aerospace, marine and sports equipment applications. Developed and operated scandium extraction from solutions of ore bodies and processed tailings. Wilcoxon founded CTC to develop and commercialize the world’s most efficient conductor for high voltage transmission lines. Over 60,000 kilometers of this game changing transmission technology has been deployed on 550 projects across 50 countries. End users include some of the largest utilities in the world including American Electric Power in the USA, National Grid in the UK and State Grid in China. He also headed DeWind, which commercialized the first synchronous large megawatt wind turbines, now owned by Daewoo. Currently, he serves as the CEO of NextMetals Ltd, an advanced materials technology company specializing in the lightest, strongest aluminum scandium alloys, as well as high performance nano-structured titanium and super-steels for particular use in aerospace, aviation, subsea, defense, and transportation markets.