Professor Geoff Attenburrow has become the first Leathersellers’ chair of Materials Science at The University of Northampton following a formal inauguration ceremony, held on January 9, at The Leathersellers’ Hall in London.
The chair will be fully funded by the Leathersellers’ Company and is said to mark a significant expansion of the existing partnership between the University of Northampton and the Leathersellers’ Company.
Accepting his new position, Professor Attenburrow said, “It is a great honour for me to be the first Leathersellers professor at The University of Northampton, and I am very grateful to the Leathersellers’ Company for their generous support.
Looking to the future Professor Attenburrow stated that he would be making it a priority for the Leather Division in the School of Applied Sciences to further develop work on collaborative projects with partners across the university as well as with external businesses. “Outside the University it remains my ambition to involve the Leather Division in meaningful partnerships across the East Midlands, nationally and internationally. For many years we have collaborated on a wide variety of projects with colleagues at the BLC Leather Technology Centre. I now believe the time is right to further build on Northamptonshire’s unique heritage in leather and footwear.”
