Leadership
Dr Simon Bourne
Dr Simon Bourne joined ITM in 2002 and has been one of the leading technologists involved in the development of the Group’s core technology.
As Chief Technology Officer, Simon is responsible for Research & Development, Product Development, Sales and After Sales functions. Having been instrumental in the design and realisation of the Group’s electrolyser platform, Simon was responsible for the realisation of two flagship projects; the world’s first PEM Power-to-Gas system deployed in Frankfurt in 2013 and Europe’s largest (10MW) PEM electrolyser deployed at Shell’s Energy and Chemicals Park Rheinland in Wesseling, Germany.
Before joining ITM, Simon was Project Engineer with Sonatest PLC and a Researcher with the Ministry of Defence. Simon has a BSc Hons in Materials Science (UMIST) and a PhD (Cranfield).