

Our people
Our team
Meet the faces behind a magnetic force for good. We’re innovators united in our passion for what we do and our diverse team of people is growing as our system accelerates.


Cecile Searle
Chief Executive Officer
Cecile connects the engineering and commercial teams to support Magway's rapid growth.

Rupert Cruise
Co-Founder & Technical Director
One of the pre-eminent experts in the world on linear motors.

Phill Davies
Co-Founder & Commercial Director
Over 25 yrs experience in retail and technology.

Huw Thomas
Development Director
Ex-partner at Foster + Partners has worked on numerous major transport & infrastructure projects.

Aanchal Mittal
Innovation Engineer
Imperial Mechanical Engineering graduate, Aanchal specialises in robotic and transport technology.

Mat Campbell-Hill
Non Executive Director
An experienced board member across public and private sectors (including DCMS and DVSA), Mat has a special interest in Magway's technology use and adoption with a focus on communications strategies.

Onat Taskin
Software & Innovation Engineer
Multi-disciplinary control & automation engineer with extensive experience managing Magway's control system software, UI design, data logging, data analysing and commissioning.

Olesya Lifshits
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Structural Design Engineer background in Oil & Gas Industry and extensive experience as a Senior Project Engineer in Baggage Handling Systems for Airports.

Joshua Clark
Mechanical & Innovation Engineer
Mechanical Engineering graduate with experience in robotics and machine design. His most recent projects include a haptic handwriting system for motor learning in children with movement disorders and a self-designed commercial grade four axis CNC router.

Jeremy Dodd
Industrial Designer
Ex JCB and DCA international, Industrial & Transport Designer.
Diverse project experience in large international corporations to international consultancy service

Neil Lovegrove
Head of Engineering
Chartered Electrical Engineer with experience in leading teams designing and integrating large scale airport baggage handling systems. In recent years his focus has been on ensuring compliance to British and European standards which fall within The Machinery Directive and Low Voltage Directive.

Shaun Wilson
Head of Sales and Marketing
Logistics professional with over 10 years of experience and a passion for getting things from A to B. Shaun worked with many large multinational companies designing and optimising systems.

Vanya Milovanovic
Digital Marketing Manager
Looking after Magway's website and all things digital marketing including SEO, marketing database, email, social media and advertising campaigns...

Jo Munroe
HR Manager
Jo is a HR Manager with 14 years experience within corporate HR roles. Her role within Magway is to help drive employee engagement and support the rapid growth.

Charmaine Mill
Executive Assistant
With 30+ years of business support experience including Unilever, Charmaine's role is to support our team in all things administrative.

Farhan Saif
Head of Project Management
Senior Project Manager and Chartered Engineer (CEng), Farhan has delivered complex Infrastructure Projects in both Aviation and Railway Industry. Having worked with variety of client and contracting organisations such as Heathrow Airport, Farhan is responsible for overall Project delivery at Magway.

Oliver Dennison
Innovation Engineer
An Aerospace Engineering graduate, his most recent project focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) within a specialised rocket nozzle

Nick Palmer
Innovation Engineer
Cambridge engineering graduate specialising in electrical engineering. From power distribution to sensors Nick helps Magway electrify the future.

Kulbir Singh
Innovation Engineer
Maths & Physics graduate from Warwick. Worked on the Warwick Hyperloop team with a focus on electrodynamics

Xueming Weng
Head of Finance
Chartered Accountant with a broad range of commercial and financial experience in fast moving, innovative companies. Xueming is responsible for all areas of finance in Magway.

William Frank-Gemmil
Senior Software Developer
Over 15 years of experience across a variety of industries, from firmware to web platform design and implementation, including most recently working on IoT projects around energy saving and sustainability.

Matt Bacarese-Hamilton
Product Manager
Graduate of both Mechanical Engineering and Product Design. Ensuring that sustainability is at the core of every step in the lifecycle of Magway products through specialist analysis.

Alex Cole
Industrial Designer
An industrial designer with a background in architecture,
he enjoys solving problems with his systematic approach.

