Robin Phillips, BA

Robin joined the Board of Governors in September 2016.

Robin Phillips

Robin Phillips, Head of Siemens Advanta Consulting in the UK has spent his career working with German multinational engineering companies.

With a BA Honours Degree in European Business, he has studied and worked in Germany leading to him being fluent in German.

He has held positions in a number of disciplines, including finance, marketing, sales, corporate audit, commercial management, manufacturing and global business development between 2003 to 2006 in Erlangen, Germany, from where he visited many countries and helped them to develop business growth.

Robin has been involved in a large number of acquisitions, disposals, integrations and restructuring activities. He also provides consulting support to the Siemens Digital Industries HQ in Germany.

Alongside his Siemens Advanta Consulting UK role, Robin is Siemens’ Manchester Site Director.

In addition to his responsibilities at Siemens, Robin sits on the MAKE UK’s North West Regional Advisory Board, is Secretary of the German-British Chamber of Commerce (Northern Region) and is now Immediate Past President of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce.

Robin is a board member of mjf (Manchester Jazz Festival).