GROOMBRIDGE Alex

Alex is a co-founder and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of Echion Technologies Ltd. He is responsible for the technology vision, the industrialisation of Echion products and strategic development and direction of the business.

Echion Technologies was spun out of the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge in 2017. Alex has been instrumental in the growth of the business from its early days.  He is excited by disruptive innovation and the challenge presented by the decarbonisation of transport and tackling climate change.  He is a keen implementer of rapid change and brings that energy and mindset to his role at Echion.

Alex holds an MChem from the University of Sheffield, and a PhD in Materials Chemistry from the University of Cambridge.  He is further associated with the Royal Academy of Engineering and is a Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry.