Bruce is the UKRI Challenge Director – Transforming Foundation Industries at Innovate UK.
Encompassing a £60m collaborative R&D programme, the Glass Futures global centre of excellence, an SME focused Investor Partnership programme, and establishment of the academic led TransFIRe and TFI Network+ centres, to date this represents a public and private investment of over £200m in innovation across the foundation industries and their supply chains (cement, ceramics, bulk chemicals, paper, metals, and glass).
In previous roles such as Head of Climate Change at Tata Steel Europe, and Manager of the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre, Bruce has for over 25 years worked with both industry and academic colleagues to deliver decarbonisation across these sectors. Bruce holds a doctorate in physics and an MBA from the University of Warwick.