CEO, Luke Vardy, joined Cygnet Texkimp as a design engineer in 2007 and became Chief Technical Officer in 2014 before taking overall leadership of the business in 2017. As an accomplished engineer, Luke spearheaded Cygnet Texkimp’s thriving programme of R&D, creating award-winning innovation, driving new concepts, and increasing technology speeds and capabilities.

As company CEO, he has been instrumental in building and developing Cygnet Texkimp’s workforce and growing the company’s reputation as a lead technology partner in the international fibre processing market.

Emma joined Cygnet as Finance Director in 2023. She qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG London and brings broad commercial and operational experience from roles at BT and Severfield.

Emma leads the finance function and supports the Board through financial leadership, robust governance, and clear insight to inform decision-making. She ensures strong financial control and high-quality management information, enabling effective oversight, performance management, and sustainable long-term growth.

An experienced commercial and strategic leader with more than 25 years of expertise in the global composites industry, Joe also brings an extensive technical understanding of composites, from design and materials to manufacture and industrialisation..

Warren is based in Thailand where he leads Cygnet Texkimp’s Asia operation and works closely with our far east customers.

He is a chartered textile technologist with over 35 years’ international experience in technical and speciality textiles and an MBA from a top-ranking China-European business school. During his extensive career in senior management, Warren has also worked in the UK, USA, Switzerland and China, and for high-profile textile companies including weaving machinery manufacturers Sulzer and Picanol.

Gareth has over 30 years’ experience in commercial sales, specialising in materials engineering and technical solution development for the international polymers and composites markets. His role is to support the company’s expansion in all territories, drawing on his understanding of materials, materials handling and processing to sell customer-driven solutions.

Joshua is a technical sales specialist with a background in physics and engineering, specialising in processing machinery and automation systems for the textiles and composites industries, including Factory of the Future and Industry 4.0 technologies.

He works with technical decision makers from industry and academia, operating in multiple markets including aerospace, automotive and textile manufacturing.

Volker is based in Germany from where he supports the company’s sales activities and global expansion. He has an extensive career in technical sales for capital equipment and large-scale projects.

Volker has successfully worked with aerospace, automotive and industrial customers across the globe over the past 10 years and started his career with a well-known German equipment supplier before he joined Cygnet Texkimp.

Kevin is based in mainland China where he has helped to cultivate many ongoing relationships and new opportunities for our technologies in China’s textiles and composites markets.

He has over 20 years of experience working with customers in the advanced textile market, having begun his career with a well-known German textile machinery manufacturer before joining Cygnet Texkimp in 2007.

Iain is based in Georgia, where he overseas our USA operations, helping to cultivate many ongoing relationships and new opportunities for our technologies in America’s textiles and composites markets.

Julie is our Customer Sales Advisor, supporting the sales and spares teams and providing an essential point of contact to enhance our relationships with customers.

Julie has a wealth of experience in this role.