Garry Wilson is a consultant to the CSA Catapult working as the DER – Industrialisation Centre South West and Wales COO. He was previously a member of the executive leadership team at the Advanced Propulsion Centre and within this role he was part of a nationwide, cross-sector team that helped develop the ISCF wave 3 proposal that led to the approval of the DER programme. He has led SME’s at Board level in engineering services and technology innovation, has led a global operation as part of a Tier 1 supplier and led engineering and manufacturing teams within a global OEM. A degree qualified Chartered engineer with additional qualifications in marketing, business and directorship and a Fellow of the IET, his career has been predominantly in the full spectrum of the automotive sector and has also working with the aviation and marine sectors.