Additive manufacturing company AML3D Limited has announced the appointment of Ryan Millar as new CEO, with immediate effect.
AML3D Founder and current Managing Director, Andrew Sales, will step into the role of Chief Technical Officer to lead AML3D’s commercialisation of research and development projects and provide technical and engineering support to the sales and marketing teams and strategic partners.
According to the company, Millar has eighteen years of experience in executive leadership, both with start-ups and scale-up companies. Most recently, he was CEO of EESI group, joining in 2017, During his tenure, the EESI group expanded operations, specifically in its New Soil business, commercialised and spun-out Carbon Count, a carbon measurement business, and expanded its footprint into the UK.
Millar holds an MBA from the Australian Graduate School of Management.
“I am pleased the Board has appointed Ryan as the new CEO," Sean Ebert, Chairman, said. "His deep experience and proven track record of success in working with start-up and scale-up companies, both locally and internationally, is a perfect fit for the company as our growth momentum accelerates. His expertise will add significant value and provide a structured approach to the next stage of growth."
“This is an exciting time for AML3D," Ryan Millar, the new CEO, said. "I am motivated by the success of the company’s engagement with global customers in adopting our technology, our goal-driven and passionate people, customers, and the power of technology to transform and disrupt.
"ALM3D has a proven, proprietary technology that fundamentally disrupts industrial-scale metal manufacturing. AML3D’s Arcemy and WAM technologies produce better components, in less time and, importantly with better ESG outcomes for Tier 1 global clients.
"Recent contract wins with the likes of ExxonMobil and Boeing, coupled with ongoing contract discussions with other global Tier 1 companies, will ensure this growth momentum continues."
“Bringing Ryan in as the new CEO also allows me to focus my strengths and efforts on developing new technology solutions and driving AML3D’s research and development projects to commercial outcomes," Andrew Sales, Executive Director and newly appointed CTO, said. "These R&D projects have the potential to deliver new materials and AML3D branded products that will maintain the company’s leadership position in large-scale metal additive manufacturing and underpin the long-term growth of the company."