Photonics Scotland Chairman

Dr. Chris Dorman
Vice President and General Manager, Coherent Inc

Chris Dorman is Vice President and General Manager at Coherent Inc a global leader in lasers and photonics components. Based in the Glasgow facility, he joined Coherent in 2002 as a Product Line Manager and has held various Business Management positions. He has an MA in Physics from Oxford University and a PhD in Lasers and Quantum Physics from Imperial College, London. He is currently Chair of the UK Photonics Leadership Group, served on the Technology Advisory Group of Scottish Enterprise, is a visiting Professor to the University of Strathclyde and a Fellow of the Institute of Physics.