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Semiconductor Advisory Panel
Semiconductor Advisory Panel.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\nReach announcement*\n \n9 August 2023\nEnSilica plc\n(\"EnSilica\", the \"Company\" or the \"Group\")\n \nSemiconductor Advisory Panel\n \nEnSilica, a leading chip maker of mixed signal ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), is delighted to announce that Janet Collyer, Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of EnSilica, has been selected to join the Semiconductor Advisory Panel, a government-led initiative to help steer the future of the UK semiconductor sector.\n \nJanet Collyer, alongside other experts in the semiconductor industry, will engage with the Technology Minister, Paul Scully, to deliver across three key goals: growing the domestic semiconductor sector, mitigating the risk of supply chain disruptions, and protecting national security.\n \nThe panel will be made up of ten experts from across the semiconductor sector, with representatives from business and technology, alongside those working in venture capital, skills and training, and research.\n \nFuture meetings will focus on how to nurture skills, improve access to finance, and develop stronger international collaboration, and set out how industry can work directly with government to achieve these goals.\n \nIan Lankshear, Chief Executive Officer of EnSilica plc, commented:\n \n\"We are immensely proud that Janet has been selected to join such a prestigious and important panel, at a time when our domestic semiconductor policy, alongside securing the supply of chips and protecting national security, has never been more important.\"\n \nJanet Collyer, Senior Independent Non-executive Director of EnSilica added:\n \n\"I am thrilled to join the UK Semiconductor Advisory Panel. I started work as a graduate semiconductor design engineer, progressing to various leadership roles across the international semiconductor sector.\n \n\"Through the panel, I hope to support initiatives aimed at increasing the number of women choosing to pursue a career in UK semiconductors at all levels, including C-suite, and to support connecting UK-based design to resilient mass production manufacturing networks.\"\n \nCo-chaired by Technology Minister Paul Scully and the former Chief Executive of Dialog Semiconductor, Dr Jalal Bagherli, the Semiconductor Advisory Panel includes:\n \n· Amelia A...