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Research shows that 23% of the
world’s energy is lost through tribological contact, which is the wear and
friction generated by interacting surfaces in motion.
The problem
When Mohammed Belal
became an SME Leader in 2019, he had already co-founded MIRICO, a company
developing laser sensing technology for real-time gas sensing. Now, Mohammed is
setting up a new venture, Celestial Eye, a spin-out from RAL Space. 
Problem:
Solution:
Solution:
In addition to
this, Paul is Co-Founder and Chair of Global iLabs, Founder and CEO of
Excelerate™️ and Non-Executive Director with Knowledge Gateway (University of
Essex). He acts as a judge and mentor for the UK Enterprise Awards and the
Royal Academy of Engineering’s Launchpad Innovation Award and SME Leaders.
Mark completed his BSc
in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Bath in 1979. He
was sponsored by Westinghouse Brake and Signal company for the four years of
the course. He then did an MSc and PhD in Medical Physics at the University of
London. His MSc thesis was developing a EEG frequency analyser for anaesthesia.
For his PhD research, Mark invented (with a cardiologist) an original method
for rate-independent diagnosis of cardiac rhythm for implantable devices, which
was patented. He spent the rest of his
career in Medical Physics and Bioengineering departments, both in hospitals and
academia, working along medical colleagues. He has worked at St Bartholomew’s
hospital in London, Bristol University, United Bristol healthcare NHS Trust,
and the Royal United Hospital, Bath.
As an entrepreneur and communications professional, Helen's mission is to help businesses do more good in the world. After nearly 15 years working in government relations and leadership communications, Helen set up her own boutique communications agency, HN Communications. A smaller and more person-centred alternative to bigger agencies, HN Communications works with large and small clients to deliver complex communications projects. Clients include Bosch, Heineken, Nissan and The Climate Group. 
With a mechanical engineering degree from Imperial College London and an MBA from Erasmus, Mike is a chartered engineer, a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Sainsbury Management Fellow. 
Naomi started her career at the National
Criminal Intelligence Service (now the National Crime Agency), where she spent three
years looking at fraud and financial crime intelligence. It included a stint
working with the FBI in Quantico, Virginia. She then moved to RBS, where she
spent 10 years working in various risk roles, across both the first and second
line of defence. 
He has a strong focus on numbers, financial models, strategic and execution planning, and risk management. He has a toolkit of methodologies to call on to help businesses grow.
Amelia is a Senior Growth Architect at BCG
Digital Ventures. She has more than five years’ experience building and scaling
numerous B2B and B2C tech startups in the UK, US, Dubai and France. She has
also worked with some of the world’s largest corporates to accelerate their
marketing, sales and e-commerce efforts.