Dr John Attard has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of the European-Mediterranean Initiative for Technology and Innovation (EuroMedITI Ltd) with effect from 1 September 2007.

Dr Attard has over 20 years of international experience in research and technology. He has held senior management positions in Royal Philips Electronics (Netherlands), Cambridge Display Technology (UK), Avantium Technologies (Netherlands) and British Gas Research (UK) among others. Dr Attard has worked in a number of industry sectors, including the oil and gas, medical electronics, flat panel displays, solar cell and printed electronics industries. He has a PhD in Physics from the University of Surrey (UK) and an MBA from Nyenrode Business Universiteit (Netherlands). He was a British Petroleum-funded research fellow at the University of Cambridge (UK) and a Research Manager at SINTEF (Norway). Since 2002, Dr Attard has been the Managing Director of Rescitech Ltd, a UK-based consultancy specialising in technology innovation, transfer and commercialization.