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Dr. Marcello Grassi

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Founder and Managing Director at Leading Edge Strategy Consulting Ltd
📍 Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom

Dr. Marcello Grassi is the Founder and Managing Director of Leading Edge Strategy Consulting, specializing in composites and high-value manufacturing. With a PhD from Cranfield University, he has held senior technology and strategy roles at McLaren Automotive and Spirit AeroSystems. Colleagues describe him as visionary, driven, innovative, and commercially astute.

While specific personal hobbies are not detailed, his professional engagement demonstrates a deep passion for innovation across the aerospace, automotive, and space sectors. He is actively involved in the broader consulting community and explores the dynamics of emerging economies like the space industry, showing a commitment to forward-looking industrial strategy.

He was instrumental in developing and delivering McLarens strategic program for its future Composites Technology Investment and Manufacturing Strategy.

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Experience
23 Years
Current Role
Founder and Managing Director
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Guildford Area, United Kingdom
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Composites & Advanced Materials
A core focus throughout his career, having led composites technology and strategy for major aerospace and automotive companies like McLaren and Spirit AeroSystems.
Space Sector Economy
He shows a keen interest in the rapidly evolving space sector, focusing on its supply chains, competitive dynamics, and opportunities for strategic positioning and growth.
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Career

Work history

4-2016
Founder and Managing Director
Leading Edge Strategy Consulting Ltd
6-2014 - 3-2016
Head of Composites Strategy, Chief Technologist
McLaren Automotive Ltd
10-2008 - 5-2014
Head of Technology
Spirit AeroSystems
8-2007 - 8-2008
Aerospace Technology Exploitation Manager
QinetiQ
3-2005 - 8-2007
Capability Group Leader - Composites Technology
QinetiQ
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Education
2005 - 2012
Short Courses- DDI Development Dimensions International
Business Management related Training
2000 - 2003
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Cranfield University
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