Company
Built in Manchester.
An advanced materials company with its research, its manufacturing and its headquarters on one site.
GIM works on a narrow problem with wide application: making materials perform better than the incumbent they replace, at a cost and in a form that industry can actually adopt.
That means the work does not stop at a result on paper. A material that needs a new factory, a new supply chain or a new trade to install it is a research output, not a product. Everything here is engineered to drop into processes that already exist.
The company operates from Manchester, with research, development and manufacturing capability under one roof — sovereign UK capability rather than an outsourced supply chain.
How we work
What that means.
- 01
Real problems, real products
We solve problems industry already has, with materials that can be manufactured, not theoretical breakthroughs.
- 02
Sustainability as an engineering outcome
Lower impact follows from using less material and replacing it less often — not from offsetting what was always going to be spent.
- 03
Scale through partnership
Global reach through licensing, joint ventures and local manufacturing partnerships rather than owning every facility.
Recognition
Awards.
Sustainability Innovator of the Year
Awarded for GIM Concrete.
First Prize, Innovation in Space
Awarded for graphene space habitat architecture.
First Prize, Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things
Awarded for automated defect detection.
Graphene Enterprise Award
Awarded for space habitat architecture.
Leadership
Board and advisors.
CEO & Chairman, Founder
Dr Vivek Koncherry
World-leading graphene product inventor with a PhD and Fellowship in Materials Science, and multiple academic and industry awards. Under his leadership GIM has become a world leader in graphene-enhanced products and nanomaterials.
Director
Prof Steve Griffiths
MIT PhD and MBA. Professor and Vice Chancellor of Research at the American University in the UAE, bringing research leadership and entrepreneurial experience to the board.
Director
Robert Woodley
35 years of strategic leadership and large-scale corporate experience in sales and marketing at Caterpillar, across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Six Sigma Black Belt, with expertise in brand and campaign management.
Co-Founder & Global Business Officer
Mark Diamond
Harvard Business School MBA with 30+ years building and scaling early-stage technology ventures. Commercialisation, strategic partnerships and global market expansion, with multiple startups led to growth and exit.