LONDON — Adrian Meldrum has joined IQE plc as Group Business Development Director and will be based at the Group’s headquarters in Cardiff, Wales.

Meldrum has over 15 years experience in the optoelectronics market sector having held a range of technical and commercial roles with JDSU and more recently, business development and sales & marketing roles at Bookham (now Oclaro) where he was general manager of the telecom division until joining IQE.

The appointment complements and further strengthens IQE’s management team following the recently announced appointments Professor Wang Nang Wang as Chief Scientific Adviser, Walt Wohlmuth as New Technology Director in the US, Kent Wardley as US Wireless Sales Director, and Brian VanOrsdel as US Opto Sales Director.

IQE was recently named as one of the fifty fastest growing companies in Wales in a survey sponsored by the University of Wales’ Global Academy.

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