Steve McQuillan

Biography

Steve McQuillan was appointed to the Authority Board in November 2010. He is currently the CEO of the listed UK Engineering group – Avingtrans plc.

Career highlights:

  • he was Director/CEO of the National Physical Laboratory (working for Serco) and Divisional Managing Director of Oxford Instruments Superconductivity Ltd
  • Steve also has advisory board roles in Engineering UK and the EEF (formerly the Engineering Employers’ Federation)
  • a graduate electronics engineer, Steve is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors

Previous roles in government

  • Non-executive Director