Technology >> CEO Interviews >> June 26, 2000
DR KENNETH GRAY has been the Chairman and CEO of Scipher Plc since its
formation in 1996. He was Technical Director of EMI Group Plc, and
previously Thorn EMI Plc since 1984. He graduated with a BSc (Hons) and
PhD from the University of Wales and was awarded a DSc from Nottingham
Trent University in 1998. He held a National Research Council of Canada
Post Doctorate Fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Canada
from 1963-1965. He then carried out industrial R&D at the Rockwell
Science Centre in California. In 1971 Dr Gray joined the UK Ministry of
Defence at the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment and later became
its Deputy Director. Dr Gray is a Visiting Professor of the University
of Nottingham and has been a member of the Higher Education Funding
Council for Wales since 1996. He was a member of the Technology
Foresight Steering Group of the UK Government's Office of Science and
Technology from 1992-1997. He was a Non-Executive Director of British
Steel Plc from 1995-1999. Profile
have been the milestones in its history and where is it today?
Dr. Gray: The origins of the company go back to 1925 when
