Stumbling upon the next great invention in an 'ah-ha!' moment is a myth.

Emerging markets are hugely important.

I learned that the moment you want to slow down is the moment you should accelerate.

I think people are realizing that engineering and science are extremely good degrees to get and you'll be very highly paid once you've got them.

I want entrepreneurs to be engineers and scientists and designers; they don't necessarily have to be Internet entrepreneurs or retail entrepreneurs.

Designing aircraft and racing cars is an extremely exciting thing.

I'm not into politics but I am committed to a cause: ensuring design technology and engineering stays on the U.K. curriculum, alongside science and maths - grounding abstract theory, merging the practical with the academic.