Ray Gibbs is the CEO of Haydale Plc, an emerging technology company based in the UK that is facilitating the application of graphenes and other nanomaterials in fields such as inks, sensors, energy storage, photovoltaics, composites, paints, and coatings. He is a Chartered Accountant and for nine years was a Deloitte audit and corporate finance partner. He has spent the last 19 years in industry as CFO or commercial director of high-technology and fast-moving consumer goods businesses, both in the quoted and private arenas, with sales ranging from £500,000 to £500 million. Ray was a former CFO of the UK listed defense company Chemring Group Plc.