Ole Thybo Thomsen is Co-Directtor of Bristol Composites Institute, and NCC Chair in Composites Design and Manufacture at the Bristol Composites Institute, University of Bristol and the National Composites Centre. Previous positions: University of Southampton, UK; Aalborg University, Denmark; European Space Agency, European Space Research and Technology Centre, the Netherlands, the University of Delaware, Center for Composite Materials, USA; Technion, Israel. Prestigious appointments: European editor, Composites Part B: Engineering since 2018; Chairman, Innovation Fund Denmark, Research Council for Technology and Production Sciences 2012‐2014 (equivalent to EPSRC); Fellow, Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (equivalent to FREng) 2007; Knighthood, awarde by Her Royal Majesty Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 2012. Authored >120 papers in Scientific journals. PI/co-I for numerous research grants through national and international research Funding agencies (Denmark, EU, USA, UK – total grant income in excess of £40M), involving close collaboration with industry and international research institutions. Main research interests:  design, experimental and computational characterisation of lightweight composite structures.  Chaired several international scientific conferences incl.  the 20th International Conference on Composite Materials (ICCM20), Copenhagen 2015, with 2000 participants the largest conference ever on composites.