Profile

I am French and have worked for 26 years in the automotive industry in France and in the UK. Now I look after energy-saving projects for Aston University in Birmingham.

I am an expert DIY-er and keen baker of bread and cakes. I also enjoy cycling, and sharing my passion for engineering. I am a registered Chartered Engineer with the IMechE (Institution of Mechanical Engineers) and STEM Ambassador.

I like to repair and make things. Design with Fusion 360. 3D printing has revolutionized the way we create new objects. DFM (Design For Manufacturing) has now been replaced with Design For Function. Basically: you imagine and design something, and we find the best way to build  🙂

I speak French of course, try to do my best in English (joke !), but also speak German, Spanish, and Portuguese. I have also started learning Welsh. While most people in the workplace will speak English, I like to show interest in people’s own culture, and believe foreign languages help to do this.

Throughout my career so far, I have managed several projects, and started a new production site in Birmingham in 1999. This employed up to 120 people, to manufacture car components, mostly engine parts (air intake manifold, cylinderhead cover, fuel injection lines) but also washing systems (tank for the washing liquid, pumps, hoses, windscreen washing nozzles).

The technologies we used were plastic injection moulding, extrusion blow-moulding, assembly with machines or by hand, and testing of the finished products.

I have experience on the project management side, working with a team of experts, but also have a keen interest in the manufacturing process itself. I have also planned and organized the relocation of big machinery, inside the plant here, but also in- and out of the plant, as we adapt our resources here in Birmingham to the products we manufacture.

When the production was relocated out of the UK, this was the right time for me to start a new career, and work on reducing CO2 emissions with local businesses around Birmingham and then at Aston University.

My background is mechanical and industrial engineering, graduated in France with the Arts et Métiers ParisTech. I am registered as a EUR ING (European Engineer) with the FEANI, and here in the UK as CEng MIMechE (Chartered Engineer, Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers).