After graduating with 1st class Hons in Material Science and Engineering I carried out research in the field of metallurgy at Queen Mary College, University of London. I subsequently worked as a Higher Scientific Officer at Malaysian Rubber Institute working on engineering elastomers before joining AWE in Feb 1989 at HSO level. I worked at AWE for almost 25 years during this time I was promoted to Senior Scientific Officer, Team Leader and Principal Scientist at C2 Level.