Dr Hamid Mughal: Director of Global Manufacturing, Rolls Royce
Hamid is an
internationally acclaimed Manufacturing Leader with over 30 years of experience
in the Automotive and Aerospace Sectors. During this
period he has held senior positions in a number of disciplines including,
Product Engineering, Operations Management, Manufacturing Engineering &
Technology, Supply Chain Management and Product Development of large scale
programmes. He joined Rolls-Royce in 2002 from BMW Group where he was Director
of New Product Programmes.
In his
current role as Director of Global Manufacturing, Rolls-Royce plc, Hamid is
responsible for leading the Manufacturing strategy and activities across the
company’s Civil, Defence, Marine, Nuclear and Power Systems Manufacturing
bases. This includes the development, deployment and leadership of
leading edge Manufacturing Facilities, Processes & Technologies, Manufacturing
Product Introduction, Process & Quality Assurance, Manufacturing Systems and the application of Rolls-Royce
Production System to achieve ‘Best in Class’ performance. He is also
responsible for the professional development of the global Manufacturing
community in the company.
Hamid has an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering,
BA in Mathematics and Technology, MSc. in Production Engineering &
Management and a Doctorate in Manufacturing Systems.
He has also been
awarded Honorary Doctorates from the Universities of Hertfordshire, Birmingham,
Sheffield and Strathclyde. He has a keen interest in the latest developments of
Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management and contributes regularly to
professional bodies in his capacity as Pro Chancellor, University of Nottingham
and External Professor of Manufacturing at Cranfield, Hertfordshire and
Sheffield Universities. He is a Chartered Engineer, winner of International
Manufacturing Gold Medal, Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, IMechE and
IET, Board member of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult and Leader of
Defence Growth Partnership’s Value Chain Competitiveness strategy.
Hamid
passionately believes in the social and economic value of High Value
Manufacturing. He has played a leading
role in the advancement of competitive Manufacturing by promoting collaborative
programmes such as the development & application of Lean Production
Systems, Global network of Advanced Manufacturing Research Centres, formation
of UK’s HVM Catapult and cross-sector education and training for industrial
leaders.
Hamid received an OBE
in the 2014 New Year’s Honours for services to Innovation, Technology and
Manufacturing.