Our Team

Along with 50 robots, Q-Bot employs humans at a headquarters in London and offices in Newcastle and Newport. The highly-experienced multidisciplinary engineering and research team has a unique blend of robotics, digital and building experience.

If you would like to develop new cutting-edge technology and help bring the next big innovation to market, then find out more about our current vacancies here.

 

Board Members

Dr Ilian Iliev, Investor Director
Dr Ilian Iliev

Investor Director
CEO of NetScientific PLC, Ilian has a broad experience in supporting high growth technology companies and working with corporate, family office and institutional investors. Investment Director since 2015, he has led several investment rounds into Q-Bot.

Peter
Prof. Peter Childs

Chairperson, Co-Founder
Co-Director of the Energy Futures Lab, and founding Head of the Dyson School of Design Engineering, Imperial College London. Peter is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairperson at both Q-Bot and BladeBUG.

John Burley
John Burley

Chief Technology Officer

John has operated across the sustainability & renewables technology sector within scale-ups and more established businesses. Recent experience has been with CMR Surgical, a British medical device company producing a robot-assisted surgery system and Inmarsat, a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global mobile services. John has led teams large and small and across different countries.  He has delivered technology led, scale and sustainable service businesses though innovation via transformation projects.

Senior Management Team

Dayna Kivell
Dayna Kivell

Head of Robotics
Dayna has electronics and computer systems engineering, mechatronics, and robotics expertise as well as significant experience in robotics development, production, and fleet operation.

David Lawlor
David Lawlor

Chief Operating Officer
Davey has been a member of Q-Bot since 2015, bringing a wealth of experience in construction, accreditation, quality control, health and safety and operations management. 

Team Members

Oliver Hill

Senior Software Engineer – Oliver enjoys learning new technologies and solving interesting problems. He dislikes incomplete documentation and scope creep.

Jad Aouad
Jad Aouad

Software Developer – Jad likes to solve problems and work with easy on the eye designs, as they say "a user interface is like a joke. If you have to explain it, it’s not that good."

Grant
Grant Henderson

Robotic Insulation Installer  Grant enjoys working closely with clients and his team members while making a difference on people’s life. Grant remains after 2 years Q-Bot’s bowling and darts champion !

John Wilson
John Wilson

Operations Manager North– John enjoys working on the robots to solve issues with a chance to learn something new while completing installs with a high standard of work. John dislikes not being busy.