Management Board

The Management Board sets out strategies, priorities and plans for Cercia and reviews project progress. The Board considers all major decisions within Cercia, including equipment procurement, recruitment, policy and procedures. The management board are:

  • John Bullinaria (Deputy Director)
  • Bob Hendley (Deputy Director)
  • Padma Reddy (Business Development Manager)
  • Thorsten Schnier (Research Fellow Representative)
  • Xin Yao (Director and Chair of the Board)

Advisory Board

The Cercia Advisory Board provides guidance, feedback and support to Cercia's long-term vision and strategies. It consists of leaders from partner organisations and businesses, who are involved in steering Cercia as parners and customers.


Scientific Board

Cercia aims to be one of the world's foremost Research and Development centres in Computational Intelligence. In order to continuously invigorate local business with the latest technology, our strength in basic research needs to be maintained. Cercia's Scientific Board provides strategic advice, feedback and direction to Cercia's long-term R&D efforts. We have some of the world's most distinguished scientists in computational intelligence on our Board, who help to steer the scientific course of Cercia.