Speakers

Speaker profile

Richard is a mechanical engineer who has devoted many years to running different businesses in UK manufacturing industry. He first worked with Concentric Pumps Ltd, a supplier of components to the diesel engine industry, before moving to Rank Taylor Hobson the well-known metrology company as MD in the early ‘90s. Following this experience he co-founded Zeeko Ltd an innovative manufacturer of machines and instrumentation for the finishing of ultra-precision surfaces. Zeeko’s markets range from the manufacture of satellite optics, to the fabrication of large telescope mirrors, from compact camera optics to moulds for the production of mobile phone camera optics as well as endoscopes, artificial hip and knee joints and other precision applications. The business originally applied technology that emerged from research at University College London. Each of his companies has had an international customer base and in recent years Zeeko has been a 100% exporter.