Damien McDonnell OBE
Professor Damien McDonnell OBE BSc PhD DSc CPhys FinstP
Chief Executive, Science Services Ltd. UK
Damien is the Chief Executive of Science Services Ltd, which is a company he has co founded to provide expert scientific/technical advice and intellectual asset management support to assist public and private sector clients move into high-value goods, services and industries. He has a wealth of experience working both nationally and internationally with business and political leaders and is currently the Chairman of the Northern Ireland Government’s Science and Industry Advisory Panel, MATRIX.
He is a distinguished UK scientist, inventor and innovator and his achievements have been recognised with his appointment by the Queen as an officer of the Order of The British Empire (OBE) in 1997, an Honorary Professor and Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) for his work on Liquid Crystal Technology by the University of Hull and his election as a Fellow of the UK’s Institute of Physics.
Damien’s impressive career in R&D has largely been within the UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA), where he managed the Imaging Sensors and Electronics Department of the Malvern based Electronics Division and then as their Commercial Director, he innovated patents and generated new income streams of over £120million establishing several joint technology ventures between DERA and global blue chip companies.
