Dr. George Dibb

Head of Industry, Technology & Innovation

George leads the Industry, Technology & Innovation programme of work, directly managing the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group and the Manufacturing Commission, for which he leads on all research, policy and campaigning work. He also oversees the work of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Data Analytics, All-Party Parliamentary Design and Innovation Group and the Design Commission.  

George holds a PhD in Physics and joined Policy Connect in September 2016 after working at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) for three years as a Higher Research Scientist. At NPL George worked on assisting the transfer of next-generation printed electronics from academic laboratory research to industrial manufacture. In addition George holds experience working at a European aerospace manufacture and design corporation. He is particularly interested in the policy required to ensure the feed-through of premier British scientific research into a strong national and international manufacturing and innovation sector. 

Outside work, George enjoys cooking, marathon running, pub quizzes, playing the piano and is currently attempting to learn Italian.

george.dibb [at] policyconnect.org.uk