Guest Speaker
Dr Bob Gomersall B.Sc., Ph.D., C.Phys., M.Inst.P., FRSA
What Bob says about being asked to speak to the Awards Celebration
"The University of Bradford Excellence in Knowledge Transfer Awards is a fantastic example of one of our Leeds City Region Universities working actively with business. Enabling our business base to access the latest in research, innovation, management thinking and student enterprise is critical for economic growth.
As chair of the business-led city region Economic
Drivers Panel I am delighted to see so many examples of knowledge exchanges
between businesses and the University, it's clear evidence that this university
is committed to 'Making Knowledge Work' on a city and city regional level
and I am delighted to be involved in this annual event. "
About Bob
Bob Gomersall is Chairman and founder of BTL Group Ltd. (set up in 1985) and Virtual College Group plc (set up jointly with Rod Knox in 1995). The focus of BTL's work is on licensing software for on-screen assessment, and the company's clients include most of the UK's major awarding bodies. Virtual College specialises in work based and online training, and has over 500,000 registered learners.
Bob is also Chairman of the Advanced Digital Institute and HF Holidays Ltd., and has been involved in a number of committees and boards associated with Yorkshire Forward, Bradford Council and Leeds City Region. He is currently Chairman of the Leeds City Region Economic Drivers and Innovation Panel.
He was educated at Leeds Grammar School and the universities of Durham and Bristol. He has worked as a Theoretical Physicist (at the Max Planck Institut, Stuttgart) and as a Teacher of Physics (at Manchester and Bradford Grammar Schools). He was Head of Physics at Bradford Grammar School before going full-time into business.
He and his wife (who is a Medical General Practitioner in Bradford) have four children, 3 boys and a girl, ranging in age from 18 to 31 years old.
