Management

Executive Team Biographies:

Lord Young of Graffham
Non Executive Chairman

Lord Young of Graffham is Non Executive Chairman of Camcon. The former Trade & Industry Minister took on the role in March 2008, investing the capital required by the company to complete its development programme and introduce its products into the market.

Wladyslaw Wygnanski
Technical Director

Wladyslaw Wygnanski is Managing and Technical Director of Camcon, the company he founded in 2000 to commercialise the binary actuator. This pioneering technology offers break-through advantages in a very wide range of application fields.

Prior to Camcon, Wygnanski was involved in professional audio systems design and manufacture, as a founder and director of Out Board Electronics, a company recognised for its installations in theatres worldwide. More...

Ian Anderson
Chief Operating Officer

Ian Anderson is Chief Operating Officer of Camcon with responsibility for day-to-day operational management of the company. He is also responsible developing the company's profile through sales and marketing. Anderson has a strong track record in general management, specifically developing business and market strategies for technology companies.

Anderson joined Camcon in July 2003 after 18 months running Hespian, a management consultancy that he originally founded in April 1996 to provide short term and interim management consulting services to technology companies. Clients included Merryweather Group, for whom he acted as Managing Director developing a new business plan and securing funding, and Gable CAD Systems also as Managing Director, returning the business to profit within nine months. More...

Christopher McDouall
Commercial Director

Christopher McDouall is Commercial Director of Camcon with responsibility for developing and leading the company’s commercialisation strategy and in particular developing relationships with corporate customers. He joined the company in 2000 after leading a successful venture capital fund raising round on behalf of the company.

McDouall has operated McDouall Associates, an independent management consultancy, since 1982. McDouall Associates core activity is financial analysis, particularly for venture capital projects, from initial launch finance through mezzanine funding and refinancing activities in the UK and Russia, Ukraine and former East Germany. More...

Danny Chapchal
Chief Executive Officer and Deputy Chairman

Danny Chapchal, Chairman of ACUS Management Partners joined Camcon in November 2002. Until recently, Chapchal was chairman of Post Impressions, a British developer of post production equipment for high definition television and digital film production between 2000 and 2002. Chapchal recognised the need to take the technology to the global broadcast market and subsequently negotiated the sale of the company to Snell & Willcox. More...