Independent Advisory Board
The Independent Advisory Board provides advice on Institute Strategy and performance, interaction with external bodies and provides expert analysis of the ICS for input to the ICS Board.
Chair
![Martin Dawson](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0009/1473237/martin-dawson.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Martin Dawson
Director of Research at Institute of Photonics
Members
![ICS logo](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/1473368/ics-thumb.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Gerard Buller
Leader of the Single Photon Research Group at Heriot-Watt University
![Sam Evans](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0004/1473241/sam-evans.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Sam Evans
Director of Quality and External Affairs, Newport Wafer Fab
![Jon Heffernan](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0009/1474578/jon-heffernan.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Jon Heffernan
Director of the EPSRC National Epitaxy Facility
![Jonathan Matthews](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0007/1473235/jonathan-matthews.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Jonathan Matthews
Centre for Quantum Photonics and QETLabs entities, University of Bristol
![Wyn Meredith](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0006/1473243/wyn-meredith.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Dr Wyn Meredith
Director of the Compound Semiconductor Centre
![Mike Wale](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0011/1473239/mike-wale.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)
Professor Mike Wale
Professor of Photonic Integration/Industrial Aspects, TU Eindhoven
![Chris Young](https://cardiff.imgix.net/__data/assets/image/0005/1473233/chris-young.jpg?w=120&h=120&auto=format&crop=faces&fit=crop)