Special Advisors (past Directors)
Professor Sir Richard Friend FRS FREng ![](https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/styles/large/public/richard-friend-director.jpg?itok=Sr7zu3bN)
Founding Director of the Maxwell Centre inception-2018
Professor Sir Mark Welland FRS FREng FIET FInstP![](https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/welland_0.jpg)
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Special Adviser on China
University of Cambridge
Director of the Maxwell Centre 2019-2023