Jacqui Murray is the Chief Operating Officer at the National Manufacturing Institute of Scotland, where she ensures delivery of ground-breaking manufacturing research and innovation to transform productivity while boosting skills regionally. Previously Deputy Director of the £541m million Faraday Battery Challenge, where she helped lead government investment to develop batteries that are cost-effective, high-quality, durable, safe, low-weight and recyclable. Named as one of Autocar’s Top 100 Women in Automotive in 2020. Appointed in 2022 as Chair of the SmartNanoNI Advisory Group, a Seagate Technologies led consortium increasing both innovation capacity and accelerating manufacturing productivity in nano manufacturing and photonics - placing Northern Ireland at the centre of the UK and global ecosystem.