Bob Longman VP Engineering at Acal

ACAL Energy Ltd. is a developer of Fuel Cell systems, modules and consumable chemicals for
a range of uses including stationary, residential and automotive
applications requiring larger than 1 kW of power. The company announced the appointment of Bob Longman, 59, as VP Engineering. Bob joins ACAL Energy from Plasmon Plc, and brings extensive experience of taking leading edge technologies to market. At ACAL Energy, Bob will direct and deliver the engineering stages of the company’s plan to exploit its ground breaking low cost fuel cell systems.

Bob Longman’s experience includes management roles at Tube Investments, where he worked on the manufacture of heat exchange systems for nuclear reactors, and PA Consulting, where he was Engineering Group Manager. As well as corporate research and engineering responsibilities, Bob has managed quality systems at several of his companies. Bob worked in Canada for a number of years before returning to the UK, and has a degree in Mechanical Sciences from Cambridge University.  

“I’m delighted to be joining ACAL Energy at this exciting time in its development, and to working with this innovative fuel cell technology which has such important potential application”, said Bob Longman. Chief Executive Officer, Dr SB Cha said: “We are really pleased to welcome Bob to our company. His experience will be invaluable as we address the engineering challenges of bringing product to market”.  

This appointment comes on the back of the successful completion of a recent £3.3 million fund raising round.