Board of Directors

Appointed

Dmitry Shashkov was appointed as CEO on 22 October 2024.

Skills and experience

Dmitry has over 20 years of experience managing businesses in the electronics and biomedical fields, with technical expertise in metals and other advanced materials as well as significant exposure to semiconductors, flat panel displays (“FPD”), photovoltaic (“PV”), light emitting diode (“LED”), and medical device industries. Most recently, Dmitry was the CEO of the CPS Group of companies (later part of Exyte) from 2020 to 2024, which was focused on high-tech equipment for semiconductors and life science facilities. Under his leadership, the revenues of the business tripled and the profitability increased four-fold, before it was successfully sold to a strategic investor. Dmitry holds a PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Northwestern University and a BS/MSE degree in Physics of Metals from the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys.

Appointed

Liam Gray was appointed as CFO with effect from 8 November 2021. Liam has been serving as Nanoco’s UK Finance Director and Company Secretary since September 2020, having joined the Company in March 2019 in the role of Group Financial Controller.

Skills and experience

Prior to joining Nanoco, Liam held a number of senior finance roles in both public and private companies. Liam began his career with KPMG and qualified as a chartered accountant in 2012. He has a degree in Accountancy from the University of Liverpool.

Appointed

Was appointed to the board on April 2024 and appointed Chairman of Nanoco Group plc in January 2025

Skills and experience

Dr Jalal Bagherli brings broad experience of working with a number of the world’s largest brands in the electronics industry. Jalal is the Board Chair of PTSL Ltd. He was the CEO of Dialog Semiconductor plc (“Dialog”) from 2005 until the successful sale of the company to Japan’s Renasas in 2021. Under Jalal’s leadership, Dialog became a world leader in mobile power management and connectivity products, selling to most of the major companies in the consumer electronics and mobile phone sector. His earlier career included roles as CEO of Alphamosaic and before that at Sony Semiconductor and Devices Europe as Vice President and Managing Director.

Appointed

Alison was appointed to the Board in April 2017.

Skills and experience

Alison holds an MBA from Manchester Business School, a PhD in Organic Chemistry and a first-class degree in Chemistry from the University of Glasgow and an MSc in Mindfulness from the University of Aberdeen.

Alison started her career at Zeneca PLC (now Astra Zeneca) followed by five years at McKinsey & Company and later co-founded Techtran Group Limited, which was acquired by IP Group in 2005, where she held the role of Director and COO until 2013. Whilst at IP Group, she also sat on the board of and advised several early stage and quoted IP Group-backed technology companies.

Appointed

Chris Batterham was appointed to the Board in April 2019.

Skills and experience

Chris holds a Natural Sciences degree from Cambridge University. He then qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen LLP in 1979 where he spent his early career.

Chris has considerable financial and operational experience and became the Finance Director of Unipalm Group plc, from 1996 to 2001. He then went on to become CFO of Searchspace Group Limited from 2001 until 2005. Chris then went on to hold a number of non-executive roles across a range of companies with a technology focus in many cases.

Appointed

Dieter was appointed to the Board in February 2024.

Skills and experience

Dieter was Chairman and CEO of Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH, one of the world’s leading optoelectronic components companies, participating in electronics applications such as facial and iris recognition, health monitoring, vehicle navigation, and virtual and augmented reality as well as uLED displays. As CEO, Dieter developed relationships with leading companies throughout the sector. His earlier career spanned Senior Vice President positions in semiconductor technologies (Infineon), and connected devices and digital consumer services in both mobile consumer products (Nokia) and automotive (BMW).