DrNigel Steward
Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance
Dyson School of Design Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic PerformanceDyson School of Design Engineering - Faculty of Engineering
- +44 7916 931 648 (Mobile)
- Imperial College - Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance, Dyson School of Design Engineering, Exhibition Road, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
BIO
I have recently joined the Centre for Sectoral Economic Performance (CSEP) at Imperial as Director and Professor of Practice after spending 36 years in industry where I worked in the fields of R&D, Energy and Climate Change, Supply Chain, and Technical Capability building, as well as Operations Leadership and Management where, I ran global businesses in Technology Transfer and Equipment Manufacturing, Electrode manufacturing for the aluminium industry, and Copper and Diamonds production. Before joining Imperial I was the Chief Scientist of a major multinational. I am a Materials Scientist by training and studied for my degree and doctorate here at Imperial.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Director of CSEP and Professor of PracticeImperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2025 - present
NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Chief ScientistRio Tinto (Canada), Montreal, Canada1 Jun 2021 - 28 Feb 2025
DEGREES
- BSc(eng), Metallurgy and Materials ScienceImperial College London, London, United Kingdom4 Oct 1982 - 14 Jun 1985
- PhD, Materials ScienceImperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1985 - 1 Sep 1988
- MBA, BusinessQueen's University, Kingston, Canada1 Sep 2005 - 28 Apr 2006
LANGUAGES
- FrenchCan read, write, speak, understand and peer review
FACULTY
- Faculty of Engineering
POSITION NAME
- Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic Perfo