Dr David Clarke

David Clarke joined the Energy Technologies Institute as Chief Executive Officer in January 2008 from his previous role as Head of Technology Strategy at Rolls-Royce plc. David has been involved in collaborative research and development of advanced technologies for over 20 years, leading a range of research groups including Rolls-Royce’s Advanced Materials development activities and its corporate Strategic Research Centre. With the latter group he led Rolls-Royce’s evaluation and development of new technology opportunities in fields as diverse as fuel cells, electrical propulsion technologies and advanced computational diagnostics. He has most recently been responsible for development and management of Rolls-Royce’s global research strategy. This included the company’s multi-million pound University-based research programme at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centres in the UK, North America, mainland Europe and Asia. He has also been a member of EPSRC and is a member of the North West Science Council.

David graduated from the University of Surrey in 1984 with a BSc in Materials Technology, where he subsequently completed his PhD in Composite Materials in 1988. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials and a Chartered Engineer.