# Paul Drayson

> Paul Drayson is a British engineer, entrepreneur, Labour life peer and amateur racing driver. The founder and former CEO of Sensyne Health now chairs Locai Labs. His career connects manufacturing, science policy and motorsport, including Le Mans entries and FIA-homologated electric speed records at Elvington in 2013.

- **Role:** Chairman at Locai Labs
- **Organizations:** Locai Labs, House of Lords, Freevolt Technologies, Sensyne Health (former founder and CEO), Drayson Racing Technologies (co-founder), Airbus (former board member), St John’s College, University of Oxford, Lambourn Food Company, Genisys Development, PowderJect (co-founder)
- **Nationality:** British
- **Education:** BSc in Production Engineering, Aston University, PhD in Robotics, Aston University
- **Known for:** FIA-homologated flying-mile speed of 205.139mph on 9 October 2013 in the electric vehicle category over 500kg and up to 1,000kg., FIA-homologated flying-kilometre speed of 207.084mph and standing quarter-mile time of 9.742 seconds on the same date and in the same category., Won at Road America with Jonny Cocker in 2010.

## Career timeline

- **1980s** — Worked in development engineering at BL Technology and Trebor Group.
- **1989** — Completed a management buyout of Lambourn Food Company; sold the company in 1991.
- **1991** — Established Genisys Development.
- **1993** — Co-founded PowderJect.
- **1997** — PowderJect floated on the London Stock Exchange.
- **2003** — PowderJect was sold; began an entrepreneur-in-residence period at Saïd Business School.
- **2004** — Joined the House of Lords as a Labour life peer on 1 June.
- **2005** — Appointed minister for defence procurement.
- **2007** — Co-founded Drayson Racing Technologies; resigned his ministerial post in November to pursue racing.
- **2008-2010** — Served as minister for science and innovation.
- **2009-2010** — Raced at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
- **2010** — Drayson Racing won at Road America with Drayson and Jonny Cocker.
- **2011** — Elected fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
- **2013** — Set electric speed records at Elvington, including an October flying-mile average of 205.139mph in the over-500kg to 1,000kg category.
- **2014** — Established Drayson Technologies.
- **2018-2022** — Founder and chief executive of Sensyne Health; left the CEO role in April 2022.
- **2023** — Appointed a director of Locai Labs on 23 November; became its chairman.
- **2026** — Appeared among the speakers at Civo Navigate London in September.

## Achievements

- FIA-homologated flying-mile speed of 205.139mph on 9 October 2013 in the electric vehicle category over 500kg and up to 1,000kg.
- FIA-homologated flying-kilometre speed of 207.084mph and standing quarter-mile time of 9.742 seconds on the same date and in the same category.
- Won at Road America with Jonny Cocker in 2010.
- Finished second overall in the 2007 British GT championship.
- Elected fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2011.
- Served as UK minister for science and innovation from 2008 to 2010.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Civo lists Drayson among the speakers at its 22 September Navigate London conference on AI and data sovereignty.
- **2026-09** — Locai Labs’ company information identifies Lord Paul Drayson as chairman.
- **2025-05** — Featured in the Innovation Unlocked episode How to Build A Business From Scratch, discussing entrepreneurship, intellectual property, the Patent Box and AI.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pauldrayson
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/lorddrayson

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