James Black is Principal Engineer for Business Transformation at WMG, leading a team of industry experts to help small and medium-sized manufacturers make big changes. He heads WMG’s Clean Transport Accelerator, a collaboration with NatWest, and WMG’s strand of the Supply Chain Transition programme, funded by the West Midlands Combined Authority. James is passionate about leveraging WMG’s industrially relevant research to drive real-world impact in manufacturing.