Semta appoints former QinetiQ MD as interim chief executive

Posted on 28 May 2012

Dr Dolores Byrne OBE will step in as interim chief executive at Semta, the sector skills council for science, engineering and manufacturing technologies, following the retirement of Philip Whiteman on Friday 25 May.

Dr Byrne was managing director innovation at UK-based defence firm QinetiQ until 2010. She has been a member of Semta’s board since 2008, and was also a board member of the South East England Development Agency and chairman of its science, engineering and technology council. A chartered engineer with over thirty five years experience in academia,…

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