Douglas Mellor is an Associate Consultant of GDP Global and a business leader with 35 years’ experience in technology dependent industries, including turnaround and post acquisition merger situations, JV and start-ups.
Currently Douglas is Managing Director of Fatigue Risk Management Science Ltd. This is a newly formed, global spin-out business. Its focus is to advise on fatigue inherent in the commercial aviation industry, as well as in other sectors such as air traffic control, health, rail, road and maritime transport.
In the last few years Douglas has held senior positions as Business and Commercial Development Director at Qinetiq plc, one of the world’s leading defence technology and security companies. He established the company in several new markets in Northern Europe, and with government clients around the world. Douglas has also held senior positions in several companies including Ferranti, Groupe Schneider – where he was CEO of a UK subsidiary company, STC & AVX.
Douglas is an honours graduate of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from University of Newcastle on Tyne, and holds an MBA from Glasgow University. He speaks English and French.
Consultancy services offered
- Corporate advice, consulting, mentoring and training in business development, especially in technology companies.
- Particular advice is given on how to deal with high technology companies, in respect of the strategic development choices of technology companies, the technology innovation cycle, investment financing and the commercial returns of technology projects.
- The government: private sector relationship in the development of technology related solutions. Also the foreign direct investment issues and opportunities between government and the private sector.
- Training, coaching, mentoring, strategic advice and business development input to government agencies in the development of high technology sectors, clusters and investment.
- Technology transfer and technology financing opportunities for countries, governments, universities and technical institutes.
- Website design and hosting, e-commerce solutions
