Board of Directors

Dr. Drew Nelson - Non Executive Chairman

Dr. Nelson has been a Non Executive Director of the PhotonStar LED Group since March 2007, becoming Non Executive Chairman in November 2009.

Dr. Nelxon joined BT Research Laboratories in 1981, leading the group responsible for the development of MOCVD technology for the manufacture of opto-electronic devices for optical fibre communications. He subsequently managed the technology transfer from BT to Agilent. Together with Mike Scott, he founded EPO in 1988, becoming Managing Director in 1991 and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer in 1996. He was appointed Chairman of IQE Plc in April 1999 and became CEO in February 2002.

Dr. James Mckenzie - Chief Executive Officer

James brings a wealth of semiconductor and optoelectronics packaging and product marketing experience to PhotonStar.

James joined Mesophotonics Ltd. in March 2003 as CEO and developed two business units, one in LEDs and the other in analytical biochemistry. In 2007 the analytical biochemistry part of the business was bought by D3, backed by Renishaw. The photonic crystal LED technology was sold to Luxaltek, a Taiwanese LED manufacturer and put into production. James left Mesophotonics in 2007 to set up PhotonStarLED Ltd.

From 2001 to 2003 James worked for Teem Photonics as VP of Business Development and Marketing, helping the company's growth strategies. Prior to this James worked for Bookham Technology when the company was in its very early stages. He was involved, as a member if the management team, in Bookham's fast growth phase leading up to its IPO in 2000. During this period he was responsible for product engineering before moving on to become Director of Product Marketing.

Ceri Jones - Chief Financial Officer

Ceri Jones has over 20 years experience in building successful high technology and manufacturing businesses and joined the PhotonStar LED Group in August 2009.

He was managing director and join owner of Travelink Systems Ltd., a travel reservations software supplier from early 2000 until its trade sale in 2005/2006. He worked for its acquirer as Cheif Financial Officer and Operations Director until July 2007, and since then has been an investor in and non exectutive director of privately owned high technology businesses.

From 1990 until 2000 Ceri was Group Finance Director of Hicking Pentecost PLC, an industrial products company listed on the London Stock Exchange and acquired by Coats PLC in 1999.

Ceri is a chartered accountant and began his working career with KPMG and Ernst & Young.

Dr. Majd Zoorob - Chief Technology Officer

Dr. Zoorob was a co-founder of Mesophotonics Ltd. where he was responsible for the company's research work and managing the company's IP, as well as theoretical and numerical modelling work. The LED chip designs Majd created were subsequently put into production work at Luxaltek.

Dr. Zoorob has been involved in sub wavelength optics, plasmonics and LED design since his PhD and brings a wealth of optical design and optical modelling experience to PhotonStar. Majd has a PhD from Southampton University in sub-wavelength optics.