About Diamond | Our Management Team

 Gerd Materlik Professor Gerhard Materlik, CBE, FRS, FInstP was appointed CEO of Diamond Light Source in 2001. He was previously Director of the Hamburg Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory at the German Electron Synchrotron DESY, where he worked since 1978, and was also Professor of Physics at Hamburg University.
 Trevor Rayment Professor Trevor Rayment joined Diamond as Director of Physical Sciences in 2008. As Professor of Physical Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, his research has been focused on development of novel techniques for studying interfaces and their application in nanoscience, solid-liquid interface of electrodes and biomolecular interactions at interfaces.
 Dave Stuart Professor David Stuart FRS is MRC Professor of Structural Biology at the University of Oxford, and Head of the Division of Structural Biology at the Department of Clinical Medicine. He was appointed Director of Life Sciences at Diamond in 2008. His principal research interests include the structure of viruses and viral proteins as well as cellular proteins, especially those that interact with viruses.
 Richard Walker Professor Richard Walker joined Diamond Light Source as Technical Director in January 2002. He was a key member of the Daresbury Laboratory SRS team for over 12 years before joining Sincrotrone Trieste in Italy where as Director of the Light Sources Division he was responsible for the development of ELETTRA. Prof. Walker is visiting Professor of Physics at the University of Oxford.
Andy Akerman  Andy Akerman joined Diamond as Director of Finance and Corporate Services in 2009. With over 30 years experience in financial management, he was most recently Finance Director of the Defence Aviation Repair Agency.