Michael Entwistle

Profile

Mike is a Partnerships and Business Engagement Manager within the Faculty of Science and Technology, working to broker industry partnerships and other research collaborations across the Physical Sciences and Engineering disciplines. Having originally joined the University in 2003 to manage environmental and eco-innovation programmes from the Lancaster Environment Centre (LEC), he has since worked across a number of Knowledge Exchange initiatives including establishment of Graduate Consultancy capabilities in LEC, the management of a state of the art new build facility for Chemistry and more recently, leading a number of business engagement projects from Lancaster University Management School. Current endeavours focus on building external relationships to exploit contract and collaborative research opportunities, facilitiating consultancy and facilities access requirements and supporting the co-location of companies on the Lancaster campus. Mike has a background in Environmental Management and Protection and is a Practitioner of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA).