The Board of Directors of Scion-Sprays Ltd. is actively involved in the strategic and tactical issues of the Company. Business planning and management control tools support its functioning.
Ruud Hermans
Chairman
Ruud Hermans provides independent consulting through his own firm.
He currently also acts as the Financial Director of Scion-Sprays.
Prior to his consulting activities he worked for 11 years at IKU in The Netherlands in roles ranging from Chief Financial Officer to General Manager of the Dutch operations.
IKU was a global supplier of automotive mirror actuators and had manufacturing plants in The Netherlands, the USA and Poland.
He is a BA graduate of the HEAO Business School in Enschede, The Netherlands.
Gavin Farmer
Managing Director
Gavin Farmer was appointed to the position of Managing Director with effect from 01 August 2007.
Having joined Scion-Sprays in March 2007 as Manufacturing Manager, Gavin's new responsibilities as Managing Director are focussed on the development and operation of Scion-Sprays as a manufacturing business. Gavin is setting up agreements for product supply, tooling requirements as well as creating a robust plan to take the Company from end testing through to batch and high volume manufacture, delivering the products successfully to market.
A Cambridge University BA(Hons)Manufacturing Engineer, Gavin has extensive experience as a Manufacturing and General Manager with 11 years experience in the UK, Asia/China, and USA including greenfiled and plant setup and operation, as well as recent experience in the position of OE Sales Director.
As with all management roles, Gavin is an experienced team player and builder and an effective motivator with the proven ability to provide strong leadership to achieve long- and short-term goals.
Having lived for several years in China, Gavin speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese as well as French and some German.
Francis Drasar
Secretary
Francis Drasar is a Chartered Accountant with over 30 years experience.
He is Finance Director of Martineau Johnson, Solicitors and was previously a Merger and Acquisitions specialist with PricewaterhouseCoopers.
He is a Cambridge University science graduate and a member of the Judge Business School in Cambridge.
Jeff Allen
Member
Jeff was a founder of Scion-Sprays Ltd and responsible for much of the core technology. Jeff now concentrates on the further development of the product as well as creating, developing and managing future technology and products. Jeff is also an Expert Team Member and a Non-Executive Director.
Form 1983 – 2001 Jeff worked at Lotus Engineering as a Chief Engineer, responsible for research projects in engine technology.
Jeff has over 30 Patents including variable valve timing systems, direct Injection processes, auto ignition control systems, electrostatic atomization, and fuel control systems to name but a few.
Jeff attended Loughborough University, UK obtaining a BTech Degree in Automotive Engineering and Design (Hons) and is a Member of the Institute of Physics.
Ton Koot
Member
Ton Koot has over 40 years of experience as Chairman of the Board of Industrie Koot Utrecht bv (IKU) of The Netherlands.
IKU was sold in 1995 to the Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA.