Better business for a better world
NOC Innovations exists to make cutting-edge marine research and bespoke autonomous technology available to organisations around the world.
But not at any cost.
It’s paramount to us that we pursue our purpose in ways that are socially and environmentally responsible. Otherwise, what sort of world would we be helping to create?
Our board of governors is responsible for ensuring we never deviate from our path, and that our operations always reflect our core values.
Huw’s in charge of NOC Innovations’ business development strategy and overall trajectory.
Throughout his career, he’s worked in a variety of commercial roles for a number of large engineering organisations – Rolls-Royce, Safran, and Praxair Surface Technologies, to name a few.
At the latter, he was responsible for the commercial strategy for the UK business across all markets, including aerospace, oil and gas, industrial gas turbines and general industry.
Julie studied for a BA in Commerce at Napier University in Edinburgh, and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
She began her career in finance before moving into research over 25 years ago, initially working with the British Geological Survey to commercialise its portfolio.
One of her main areas of interest is the sustainability of publicly funded research establishments, having worked with the original Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) team on the reform of the dual support funding system. Her work there included the introduction of TRAC (Transparent Accounting) and its implementation into the RCUK Research Institutes.
Julie then went on to work at the NERC Research Ship Unit, heading the Finance and Operation team – and, following a period as Deputy Director Finance at NERC Head Office, Julie then joined NOC in a Director role in 2013.
In addition to her Director role, she’s worked as the NOC lead (chairing the board on behalf of NERC for a period) on the Governance, Responsibilities and Ownership Programme which looked at the future independence of the Research Centres.
Maaten joined NOC in 2005 as an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) development engineer, and has been involved in all aspects of AUV development and operation.
In 2013, he was promoted to the head of the Marine Autonomous and Robotics Systems facility, where he now oversees the operations and developments of the AUV, subsea glider, unmanned surface vehicle and tethered system fleet.