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 Performance
    Dyson 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 Practice
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Apr 2025 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Chief Scientist
    Rio Tinto (Canada), Montreal, Canada1 Jun 2021 - 28 Feb 2025

DEGREES

  • BSc(eng), Metallurgy and Materials Science
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom4 Oct 1982 - 14 Jun 1985
  • PhD, Materials Science
    Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom1 Oct 1985 - 1 Sep 1988
  • MBA, Business
    Queen's University, Kingston, Canada1 Sep 2005 - 28 Apr 2006

LANGUAGES

  • French
    Can read, write, speak, understand and peer review

FACULTY

  • Faculty of Engineering

POSITION NAME

  • Director of the Centre for Sectoral Economic Perfo