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Tel:+44 (0) 1279 821260 Fax:+44 (0) 1279 821300 www.siliconcpv.com Enquiries@siliconcpv.co.uk Sales@siliconcpv.co.uk Silicon CPV plc Akhter House Perry Road Harlow Essex CM18 7PN ;  |
Worldwide Operations
The head offices of Silicon CPV plc are located in the UK, conveniently close to London. These offices house the main Research and Development facilities, Sales and Marketing and Administration functions.
Silicon CPV plc has a subsidiary in Italy and a 22 hectare test site in Puglia, Italy.
Silicon CPV plc established a commercial solar panel manufacturing plant in Pakistan which currently produces high quality photovoltaic modules for sale to its worldwide customers and for use within the Si-Con™ range of products.
Prof. Humayun Mughal |
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Lt Gen (Retd) AMD Palmer, CB, CBE |
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Dr Hameed Mughal |
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Alan Seedhouse |
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Prof. Humayun Akhter Mughal is the co-founder of Akhter Group  plc and is its majority shareholder. He graduated in electronics from Liverpool University. Mr Mughal originally worked as a research engineer for ITT Components Group Limited prior to setting up Akhter Instruments Limited in 1979. He continues to be responsible for the overall control and direction of Akhter's business, a role he also performs for the Group. He was appointed in November 1998. |
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Lieutenant General Anthony Palmer retired from the army in 2005. His  last appointment was as Deputy to the Chief of Defence Staff in the rank of Lieutenant-General responsible for Personnel and Training Policy for all three Services. He chaired the Service Personnel Board which had responsibility for 500,000 Service Personnel and their families. He was also directly responsible to Ministers for the delivery of three major PFI programmes: the largest being the £16 billion Defence Training Rationalisation Programme - a programme that he devised and took through to preferred bidder stage. During this process he was not only dealing with the Treasury at senior level but also the Chief Executives of major Defence and Utilities Companies. He was a member of the MOD’s Audit Committee. Before that he was deputy Commander Operations in Bosnia where he had control of four multi-national Divisions. During this period he gained experience of working with a series of international agencies including the IMF and World Bank.He has significant experience in running large complex organizations. As Chief Executive of The Army Training and Recruiting Agency he managed one of the largest training organizations in Europe against very tight financial targets. Tight budgetary control was also a feature when he was Director of the Army Programme in the MOD. This appointment was responsible for advising Ministers on the allocation of funding for all aspects of the Army spending programme. During this appointment he led the Army input to the Strategic Defence Review. He has been involved with various Charities dealing with the problems of young people and homelessness. In the latter role he chaired (jointly with Mike Wareing from KPMG) Compass - a charity looking after the Homeless and in the former he was a Board Member of the Prince’s Trust and is currently a trustee of Skillforce which seeks to help those children most in danger of exclusion. |
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Director: Thermodynamic Research and Engineering Applications Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1279 821260 |
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Test and Measurements Director Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1279 821257 |
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Alan Seedhouse has recently joined Silicon CPV plc as Test and Measurements Director. He brings a wealth of experience in many fields including electronics, quality assurance, project management and software development. His range of skills and experience are particularly suited to the on-going development and implementation of CPV technologies. His experience includes working for the UK Home Office designing and implementing systems for the London Police and Fire Brigade radio communication systems. Projects included the design and implementation of a model communications system (simulator) used for training purposes. He was involved with the design, testing and implementation of a specialized heating system used for moulding internal panels for the British Concorde aircraft. Later in his career he became heavily involved with the newly emerging IT industry and was instrumental in setting up one of the first successful third party IT maintenance Companies in the UK. Throughout his career Quality assurance was always a key element in his work. Working as a consultant under the DTI Quality Initiative scheme, he assisted many Companies in achieving the coveted ISO9000 quality system accreditation, now a mandatory requirement for many contract bids. All of his skills and experience became beneficial when he joined Akhter Computers in 1989. Working in many departments of the Company he helped to drive the Company to its current successful position. He implemented the ISO 9000 quality system within the Company and worked to develop a very healthy business relationship with the UK MoD which still exists today. More recently he headed up the software development team within Akhter and launched a number of unique vertical market software products which are still in great demand. His continued interest in new challenges has finally led him to take on his new role within Silicon CPV as Test and Measurements Director. |
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