James Tallentire Author

James Baker is a recognised innovation leader and commercialisation expert. He is currently CEO of Graphene@Manchester, based at the University of Manchester, which he joined in 2014. In his unique role, James develops industrial partnerships and collaborations to accelerate the commercialisation opportunities for graphene. Before entering the higher education sector, James worked in industry for 25 years and led on a number of prestigious national innovation projects as Managing Director of the Advanced Technology Centres for BAE Systems in the UK.

James Tallentire is a former journalist who has led communications and stakeholder engagement activity at Staffordshire University, Birmingham City University and The University of Manchester. These institutions have all shared similar commitments—to support the economic development of their respective city-regions through applied research, innovation and talent creation. Most recently, James has been an advocate of Manchester’s world-class advanced materials portfolio, including the unique Graphene City ecosystem that brings academic, civic and business leaders together to help commercialise graphene.