Innovation Institute

Key Contacts

Professor Sam Medhat is the founding Chief Executive of Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange, the UK professional body for innovators and a leading provider of SciTech innovation and growth services to business, education and government. He is also the Founder of the STEM Foundation – an educational charity that has supported some 250 colleges in the UK and impacted positively the lives of over 700,000 students studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics. 

Professor Medhat is a member of the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. He is also a member of the BSI/ISO technical standards committee for Innovation, Artificial Intelligence and Defence Standardisation.  He is a Visiting Professor to the University of Westmister, and a former Visiting Professor to the University of Suffolk and Plymouth's University of St Mark and St John. He held positions as Governor and Trustee in many colleges in Oxfordshire and Berkshire. He also served as a member of the Business and Community Advisory Board of the Joint Academic Information Systems Committee (JISC); a member of SEPnet (the South East of England Physics Network of universities); member of the HEFCE Board's committee on Quality Assessment in Learning and Teaching; a member of the Foundation Degree Forward Board, a member of the University of Bristol’s Court; and an adviser to the European Parliament.

Professor Medhat led accreditation and certification programmes in many multinational, public and educational organisations such as Abellio, BAE Systems, MBDA, Raytheon, Thales, EDF Energy, Magnox, Horizon Nuclear and Panasonic, UK Ministry of Defence innovation directorate, Front Line Command innovation hubs and accelerators, London South Bank University, Birmingham City University, Plymouth University, City of Glasgow College, South West College and many others. 

Professor Medhat held a number of senior academic and industrial positions nationally and internationally including Director of the Engineering and Technology Board, founding Principal of Dubai Polytechnic (now Dubai University), Head of University Office of Research and Head of School of Electronics at Bournemouth University, Vice President of Future media PLC - a NASDAQ company, CEO/NED of a number of technology start-ups. Professor Medhat has been responsible for establishing 9 business start-ups.

Professor Medhat has published widely and holds a number of invention patents. He also held two professorial chairs: the IBM Professor of Concurrent Engineering and the Intergraph Professor of Electronic Design Automation. His PhD is in microelectronics and was sponsored by Siemens Defence Systems. Prof Medhat is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Directors, a Fellow of the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Exchange and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Responsible Leaders. 

Professor Sam Medhat
Professor Sam Medhat
PhD MPhil CEng FIET FRAeS FRSC FCIM FCMI FRSA FIKE FIoD FIRL
Founder & Chief Executive

The Board

  • Dr Rosie Bryson
    Dr Rosie Bryson
    PhD BSc FIKE
    Chair of IKE, BASF
  • Mr Dan Fox
    Mr Dan Fox
    BA (Hons) MIKE
    Trustee
  • Mrs Michelle Medhat
    Mrs Michelle Medhat
    BA (Hons) FCIM FRSA FIoD FIKE
    Director, Operations and Strategic Development
  • Dr Sarah Peers
    Dr Sarah Peers
    PhD MSc BSc(Hons) PGCE MIET FIKE MIoD FRSA
    Director & Senior Adviser
  • Professor Reza Sahandi
    Professor Reza Sahandi
    MSc PhD FHEA MIEE MUKAIS CEng BSc FIKE
    Board Member
  • Mr Lance Walker
    Mr Lance Walker
    BSc (Hons) MIKE
    Trustee
  • Dr David Whan
    Dr David Whan
    PhD DSc CChem FRSC FIKE
    Board Member
  • Prof Brendon Noble
    Prof Brendon Noble
    PhD FRSB FRSA FIKE
    Director & Innovation Council Board Member
  • Prof Mike Saks
    Prof Mike Saks
    PhD FIoD FRSA FIKE
    Innovation Council Board Member
  • Prof Alvin Wilby
    Prof Alvin Wilby
    PhD FRAeS FIKE
    Innovation Council Board Member
  • Mr Mike Pilbeam
    Mr Mike Pilbeam
    BSc (Hons) FIKE
    Director and Innovation Council Board Member
  •  Jacqui Hall
    Jacqui Hall
    BSc (Hons) PgD FIKE
    Innovation Council Board Member
  • Mr Steve Kew
    Mr Steve Kew
    BSc (Hons) FRSA FIKE
    Board Member & Innovation Senior Adviser
  • Prof Phillip Kennedy
    Prof Phillip Kennedy
    PhD MSc BSc (Hons) FIKE
    Innovation Senior Adviser/ Visiting Professor QMUL
  •  GIll P Bates
    GIll P Bates
    CEng FIET FIKE MICW
    Senior Adviser, Innovation & Emerging Technologies
  • Dr Gary Proudfoot
    Dr Gary Proudfoot
    DPhil BSc (Hons) FIKE
    Senior Adviser, STEM & Innovation
  • Dr Vanessa Marcie
    Dr Vanessa Marcie
    PhD MBA MA BA FIKE
    Senior Adviser, Entrepreneurship Development
  • Dr Banning Garrett
    Dr Banning Garrett
    PhD FIKE
    Senior Adviser, Innovation and Competitiveness
  • Dr Mario Cardullo
    Dr Mario Cardullo
    PhD P.E. FIKE
    Senior Adviser, Innovation& Emerging Technologies

The Innovation Faculty

Technical, Scientific, Economic, Educational, Innovation & Organisational Development

  • Dr Ana Andres PhD MSc(Eng) MA, Innovation Systems
  • Dr Husam Awadalla PhD MSc MA BSc, Telecommunications
  • Dr David Chapman PhD BSc(Hons), Information and Comms Technologies
  • Ms Emma Crates BA(Hons), STEM / Innovation Communications
  • Dr Chris Fellows PhD MRes BSc (Hons) FIKE, Biotech & Biomedical
  • Miss Amie Doidge BSc (Hons), Psycologist
  • Dr Nick Jagger PhD BSc (Hons), Economics
  • Miss Florence Lovatt MSc BSc, Utilities
  • Dr Andrew Powl PhD MSc BSc, Life Sciences Innovations
  • Mr Steve Shepherd BSc(Hons) MIKE, Aviation and Engineering Manufacture
  • Mr Steve Shipton BSc(Hons) MIKE, Media & Web Development
  • Mr Bob Shipway MSc FIKE, Innovation & Knowledge Management
  • Prof Nabil Sultan PhD FHEA CITP FCMI FIKE MIoD, Enterprise Leadership
  • Prof Kamran Tabeshfar PhD MPhil CEng MIMMM FRSA, Product Design
  • Mr Andrew Thomson MSc BSc (Hons), Innovation & Skills Policy
  • Dr Alison Todman PhD MSc BSc FIKE, Innovation in Higher Education

Our Expertise

  • Innovation Strategy Development
  • Strategic Market Development
  • Strategic Review
  • Business Diagnostics
  • New Product Development
  • Proposition Development
  • Product and Market Road Mapping
  • Organisational Design
  • Innovation Culture Development
  • Corporate Entrepreneurship
  • Technology Mapping
  • Market Insight and Environmental Scanning
  • Market Research
  • Scenario Planning
  • Policy Development and Impact Assessment
  • Quality Enhancement
  • Learning, Training and Development