BOARD & EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE

Board & Executive Experience

Board leadership, committee judgement and executive experience across advanced manufacturing, innovation, aerospace and government.

JANICE MUNDAY CBE

01 / BOARD APPOINTMENTS

Board Career Highlights

Current and previous appointments

2023–present · Board Chair from 2025

Materials Processing Institute

Board Chair · Audit & Risk Committee Chair · Nominations Committee member

Audit & Risk Committee Chair and Nominations Committee member since 2023; Board Chair from 2025. Leading the Institute’s strategic transformation to strengthen commercial performance and attract new investment, with Board agendas refocused on strategic priorities and value creation. Innovation oversight spans steel decarbonisation, advanced materials for fusion energy and defence applications, and the commercialisation of intellectual property through spinouts and partnerships.

2024–present

Gardner Aerospace Holdings Ltd

Non-Executive Observer

Attendance at Board and committee meetings across a global aerospace manufacturing footprint spanning the UK, Europe, India and China. Contributed to the evaluation of strategic options for UK operations following the loss of a significant customer contract, including restructuring and site-closure considerations, with engagement on customer, supply-chain and market challenges affecting aerospace clients including Airbus, GKN and Spirit AeroSystems.

2016–present

Inogesis

Non-Executive Director

Independent oversight of strategy, governance and risk within a business connecting major corporations with innovative start-ups. Advocated a new business model and organisational restructuring that helped maintain the company’s financial viability and long-term sustainability, alongside a governance review conducted for the Chair.

2017–2023 · Joint Board Chair, 2017–2018

Sheffield Forgemasters International Ltd

Employee Benefit Trust Chair · Remuneration Committee Chair

Chaired the Employee Benefit Trust through the transition from employee ownership to Ministry of Defence acquisition, in which the Trust’s vote was critical to the successful transaction. Led a CEO succession that recruited a high-performing successor while maintaining business continuity, and served on the Audit, Risk and Nomination Committees through auditor transition and governance enhancement. Championed sustainability and diversity initiatives that established the company’s net-zero journey and supported new customer acquisition.

2016–2020

WMG, University of Warwick

Non-Executive Director

Governance and strategic oversight across industrial innovation and collaboration between industry, academia and government. Supported collaborative projects with Jaguar Land Rover and Coventry City Council, vehicle electrification programmes, next-generation transport initiatives including light rail development and the UK Battery Industrialisation Centre, and resilience in manufacturing and engineering supply chains, including those supporting national defence capabilities.

02 / COMMITTEE & GOVERNANCE WORK

Governance Through Committee Leadership

Audit & Risk

Audit and Risk Committee chairing at the Materials Processing Institute, and Audit and Risk Committee membership at Sheffield Forgemasters.

Remuneration

Remuneration Committee Chair at Sheffield Forgemasters, with evidence-led consideration of executive remuneration and performance.

Nominations, Leadership Continuity & Succession

Nominations work, Board recruitment and leadership continuity, including review of bench strength and development interventions at Sheffield Forgemasters and the Materials Processing Institute.

Governance reviews

Independent governance review experience, including work at Inogesis, focused on transparent arrangements and effective Board decision-making.

Transformation & Organisational Review

Her Board Executive Dossier identifies committee experience in transformation and organisational review. These are areas of contribution, not additional named appointments.

03 / EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Leadership Before Governance

Senior UK government roles

2010–2016

Director, Advanced Manufacturing

Led UK government advanced manufacturing strategy across 20 industrial sectors, with responsibilities spanning aerospace, automotive, defence, energy and advanced engineering. Led national initiatives to strengthen industrial resilience, including the establishment of the UK Green Investment Bank, and advised on the creation and funding of the Aerospace Technology Institute and the Automotive Propulsion Centre. Senior relationships included BAE Systems, Tata Group, Siemens and Make UK. Her CV also records a Non-Executive Directorship of a Catapult centre and membership of a cross-government project review board during this role; the centre is not named.

2008–2010

Director, Business Support Simplification Project

Led a cross-government programme to rationalise more than 1,000 business support products into 30 offerings, introducing consistent naming, branding and service structures, and working across departments, agencies and local authorities.

2002–2008

Director, Employment Law

Led employment law policy, family-friendly legislation and the enforcement framework, including initiatives to reduce administrative and regulatory burdens on businesses while maintaining robust protections. Chaired the panel recommending appointments of ACAS commissioners.

04 / SERVICE & RECOGNITION

King’s Ambassador for Industrial Cadets

King’s Ambassador for Industrial Cadets · 2018–present

Promoting STEM opportunities and future talent through educational initiatives, outreach and the Industrial Cadets ambassador group.

05 / GOVERNANCE ENGAGEMENT

Current Governance Thinking

Janice is a member of non-executive director organisations and hears regularly from speakers on the latest developments in governance — including the introduction by the Institute of Directors of a code for non-executives. She networks with those who chair the ESG committees that remain, and her committee note records how carbon-emissions oversight varies by sector, from a dedicated committee to consideration by the whole Board.

Board Appointment Enquiries

Board & search enquiries