Gann was previously Vice-President (Innovation) at Imperial College London (2013 – 2019) and held a Chair in Innovation and Technology Management at Imperial College Business School from 2003. From 2003 to 2013, he directed the Innovation Studies Centre (ISC) – a ten-year EPSRC-funded programme conducting multi-disciplinary research on the innovation process in the science and engineering industries, from knowledge creation to commercialisation. Prior to that he held the Royal Academy of Engineering Chair in Innovative Manufacturing at the University of Sussex.
