Philip Bond is professor of Creativity and Innovation at the university of Manchester, a visiting professor in the Departments of Engineering Mathematics and Computer Science at Bristol, and a visiting fellow in the Oxford Industrial and Applied Mathematics Centre.
Philip chaired “The Era of Mathematics – An Independent Review of Knowledge Exchange in the Mathematical Sciences” which recommended substantial increases in funding and new infrastructure to support the mathematical sciences and expand their range of impact, with a key recommendation being the creation of a national academy for the mathematical sciences. He started a consultancy specializing in problem solving across a wide range of activities including F1, aerospace, government and Olympic sports, and sat on the Prime Minister’s Council for Science and Technology.
Philip is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.