Board of Directors

Appointed

Liam Gray was appointed Interim CEO on 16 February 2026, following 4 years as CFO. Prior to that, Liam served 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

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.