Our Directors

Dr Graeme Philp

Director of Gambica B2B Compliance, Chief Executive of Gambica

Dr Philp is the Chief Executive of GAMBICA, the UK Trade Association for Industrial Automation, Process Control, Environmental Systems and Laboratory Technology. Previously he was the Chief Executive of The MTL instruments Group plc for 13 years and led its sale to Cooper Industries for £140m in 2008. At MTL he served, first, from 1992, as Managing Director of the intrinsic safety division, and then, from 1995, as Chief Executive of the Group, building the company from worldwide sales of £15m to over £100m at the time of the Cooper acquisition.

Peter Lawson

Director of GAMBICA B2B Compliance, Deputy Director of GAMBICA , Director of AXrEM

Within GAMBICA, Peter is responsible for several sector groups including the Integrated Management Systems Group, where many of the issues of the WEEE and RoHS draft Directives were initially discussed within the Association.

Peter liaises on environmental issues with Orgalime, the European Federation of Trade Associations, and ensured that WEEE categories, 8 - Medical Devices and 9 - Monitoring and Control Instruments, have been addressed in negotiations with the European Commission, Council and Parliament.

Peter has orchestrated the sector's debate with the DTI and DEFRA over the last 18 months and from member company responses has compiled and submitted the industry position papers in reply to the Government consultations on the WEEE and RoHS Directives.

Peter is the Director of the Association for Healthcare Technology Providers for Imaging, Radiotherapy and Care (AXrEM).

His background is in the aerospace industry with Hawker Siddeley Dynamics and he has also worked for many years in the commercial Testing division of British Standards Institution, covering global product certification.