BNET Industries

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$7.9M
  • Public
  • UK
Dow Jones Description

Cambridge bridges the gap between new and old display technologies. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Cambridgeshire, UK, Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ-GM: OLED) is a producer of Polymer Organic Light Emitting Diodes (P-OLEDs). These P-Oleds are used in place of cathode ray tubes, light-emitting diodes, and display components in cell phones, digital audio players and other electronic applications. Its technology has been licensed to Philips, Dow, and Dai Nippon. The company employs about 125 people and it had 2005 revenue of about $18.1 million. In January 2006, it was a joint recipient of the Jean Pierre Noblanc Award for Excellence for its participation in a collaborative project to develop a 'Pocket Multimedia' (PMM) display prototype.

Chief Executive Officer
David Fyfe
Number of Employees 114
Contact Information

Building 2020

Cambridge CB3 6DW

www.cdtltd.co.u...

(44) 1954713600

NAICS Code Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing: 334413

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
David Fyfe Chief Executive Officer
Daniel Abrams CFO
Jeremy Burroughes Chief Technology Officer
Michael Black CFO & Principal Accounting Officer
Emma Jones Vice President, Human Resources & Facilities
S.B. Cha Vice President, Commercial
Scott Brown Vice President, Research & Technology
Stephen Chandler Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property
Richard Friend Co-Founder
Karl Heeks Director of the System Engineering Business Unit
Paul Jiggins Director, Operations
Terry Nicklin Director, Marketing
Eric Mayes Senior Commercial Product Manager

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Frank K. Bynum Member of Cdt's Board of Directors
Gerald Hillman Board of Directors
James Sandry Member of Cdt's Board of Directors
Joe Carr Member of Cdt's Board of Directors
Malcolm J. Thompson Board of Directors
Philip Berney Board of Directors
Thomas G. Rosencrants Board of Directors

Dr David Fyfe, a 30-year veteran of the global chemical and engineering industries, joined CDT as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer in September 2000.

Organization Position Status
Hsc Former
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Chairman Current
Add-Vision Inc. Board of Directors Current
Cambridge University MA Former
Cambridge University BA Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. CFO Current
PepsiCo, Inc. Vice President Finance, Asia and Africa Division Former

After submitting his PhD thesis titled 'The Physical Processes in Organic Semiconductor Polymer Devices', Dr Burroughes discovered that conjugated polymers such as polyphenylene vinylene could show electroluminescence. A patent was filed by Burroughes and his research fellows shortly afterwards. With more than ten years' research experience in conjugated polymer science and semiconductor technologies, Dr Burroughes joined CDT in 1997 to manage its new research group. After holding the position of Technical Director for two years he was promoted to Product Business Unit Director in 2000, and then CTO in November 2001. Previously, Burroughes spent six years with Toshiba in the UK and Japan where he worked on quantum electronic and opto-electronic devices fabricated using GaAs or InP regrowth technology.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Chief Technology Officer Current

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. CFO & Principal Accounting Officer Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Vice President, Finance Former
University of Cambridge Financial Officer Former
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Principal Financial and Accounting Officer Former
University of Cambridge Degree, Management Former

Emma Jones is responsible for leading the Human Resources function as well as managing the facilities functions in the UK. Prior to joining CDT, Ms Jones was head of Human Resources at Amgen Limited, where she was responsible for the management of the Human Resources function for the UK subsidiary of Amgen Inc, a US bio-pharmaceutical company. Jones has a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies from the University of Sheffield.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources & Facilities Current
Amgen Inc. Head of Human Resources Former
University of Sheffield Ba Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Vice President, Commercial Current
Texaco Project Manager Former
The Boston Consulting Group, Inc. Management Consultant Former
Imperial College London PhD Former
University of Chicago MBA Former

Organization Position Status
Sumation Co., Ltd. Executive Vice President Current
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. Executive Vice President Current
Sumitomo Chemical Company, Ltd. Vice President of Research & Development Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Vice President, Research & Technology Current
Add-Vision Inc. Board of Directors Current
Dow Corning Corporation Development Director Former
Dow Corning Corporation Research Scientist Former
University of Exeter Doctorate Degree In Chemistry Former
Oxford Brookes University Mba Former

Stephen Chandler joined CDT in 2003 as Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property, responsible for all legal and intellectual property matters, and for developing CDT's intellectual property strategy. Prior to joining CDT, Mr. Chandler was a partner at law firm Pinsent Curtis Biddle between 1985 and 2003, being Head of Technology & Media and Head of Intellectual Property from 1999. Chandler joined Pinsent Curtis as an Associate in 1980, having gained an MA degree in Law from Cambridge University.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property Current
Cambridge University Ma Degree In Law Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Co-Founder Current
Stuart Evans Enterprises, Inc. Co-Founder and Chair, Science and Technology Council Current
Plastic Logic Limited Co-Founder and Chair, Science and Technology Council Current
University of Cambridge Professor Current
Plastic Logic Limited Board of Directors Current

Dr. Karl Heeks is Director of the System Engineering Business Unit at Cambridge Display Technology. He has over ten years experience in flat panel display technology first at GEC in LCDs and, for the last five years, in the area of LEPs at CDT. Dr. Heeks has filed about thirty patents in the field.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director of the System Engineering Business Unit Current
Meko Ltd Current

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director, Operations Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director, Operations Former
Oclaro, Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director, Marketing Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director, Marketing Former

Dr. Eric Mayes is Senior Commercial Product Manager at Cambridge Display Technology (CDT) and has over a decade of experience in the electronic materials industry. He was a founding director of Apaclara and, prior to joining CDT, served as CEO of NanoMagnetics which developed high-density magnetic media for the data storage industry alongside a diversified materials portfolio. Eric is also a non-executive director of IMPACT Faraday Ltd. (now part of CIKTN), and has a BSc in Physics from Arkansas State University and a PhD in Chemistry from the University of Bath.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Senior Commercial Product Manager Current
Apaclara Ltd. Non-Executive Chairman Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Director Current
Apaclara Ltd. Board of Directors Former

Frank K. Bynum, Jr. Mr. Bynum, age 43, has served as a director of our company since July 1997. He is also a Managing Director of Kelso & Company. Mr. Bynum joined Kelso & Company in 1987 and has held positions of increasing responsibility at Kelso & Company prior to becoming a Managing Director. Mr. Bynum is a director of CDT Holdings PLC, Custom Buildings Products, Inc., Endurance Business Media, Inc. and eMarkets, Inc. He is also a Trustee of Prep for Prep and a member of the Board of Trustees of the College Foundation of the University of Virginia. Mr. Bynum was initially designated to the board of directors by Kelso & Company pursuant to Kelso & Company s designation rights under our stockholders agreement which was terminated in connection with our initial public offering. Kelso & Company currently has certain rights with respect to the nomination of directors. See Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions Nominating Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement.

Organization Position Status
Kelso & Company Managing Director Current
Prep,Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kelso & Company Director Current
Citation Corporation Director Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Member of Cdt's Board of Directors Current
Endurance Business Media, Inc. Director Current
E-Markets, Inc. Board Director Current
Custom Building Products Board Director Current
FairPoint Communications Inc. Board of Directors Current
Kelso & Company Principal Former
New York Life Insurance Company Investment Analyst Former
University of Virginia B.A. in History Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current

James V Sandry has served as a member of CDT's board of directors since November 2004. From April 1996 to April 2002 Mr. Sandry held the post of Chief Financial Officer of iXL Enterprises, an internet consulting company, Online Insight Inc, a software development company, VCG Inc., a software development company and Ted's Montana Grill, a restaurant company. Since November 2002, Mr. Sandry has been Chief Operating Officer of JVS Industries LLC, a privately held furniture rental company and a franchisee of Aaron Rents.

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Member of Cdt's Board of Directors Current
Aaron Rents, Inc. Former
Online Insight, Inc. Former
Ted's Montana Grill, Inc. Former
VCG Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Plextronics, Inc. Current
The Dow Chemical Company Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Member of Cdt's Board of Directors Current
Qd Vision, Inc. Member of the Board of Directors Current
Osram Opto Semiconductors CEO Former
Qd Vision, Inc. Interim CEO Former
Osram Opto Semiconductors President Former

Organization Position Status
Photon Dynamics, Inc. Chairman Current
Photon Dynamics, Inc. Director Current
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Vitex Systems Inc Interim Chief Executive Officer Former
Dpix, LLC Chief Executive Officer Former
Novalux, Inc. CEO Former
Vitex, Inc. CEO Former
Xerox PARC CEO Former
Novalux, Inc. President Former
Vitex, Inc. President Former
Dpix, LLC President Former
Xerox PARC Chief Technologist Former

Organization Position Status
Cambridge Display Technology, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Greystone Capital Group Chief Executive Officer Current
Conning & Company Director of Research Current
CompuCredit Corporation Chairperson, Member, Financial Expert Current
Greystone Capital Group Chairman Current
Ravello Solutions Chairman Current
Tpatlanta Director Current
CompuCredit Corporation Board of Directors Current
The Robinson-Humphrey Co. Senior Vice President Former
Conning & Company Partner Former
Roosevelt University MBA In Finance Former
University of Dayton Bachelors Degree Former
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