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Monitra, a global pioneer in high-voltage condition monitoring and asset management solutions, has announced the appointment of Alex Polley as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
Alex brings extensive knowledge of Monitra’s operations, alongside over two decades of expertise in electrical engineering, development, and innovation, positioning him to lead the company through its next stage of strategic growth.
A graduate of The University of Manchester, Alex earned a First-Class Honours degree in Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 1994, later completing a Master’s in Instrumentation Design and Application at UMIST, where he also achieved an MPhil.
In the early stages of his career, Alex specialised in data systems development for analytical instrumentation across bioinformatics, chromatography, and mass spectrometry, supporting advancements in chemical analysis.
This background enabled him to develop deep technical expertise in real-time hardware control, data processing, and software engineering, while contributing to product innovation within multidisciplinary scientific and engineering teams.
His leadership in software engineering and applied machine learning was instrumental in redefining the company’s digital capabilities. He was promoted to the board as Director of Instrumentation Systems in 2015.
Playing a pivotal role in the transition from HVPD to Monitra, Alex headed the development of a cloud-based data management platform that redefined how condition monitoring data is stored, processed, and visualised.
This platform evolved into Atlas by Monitra™, a powerful, machine learning-enabled system that allows asset owners and maintainers to monitor the health of their high voltage plant anywhere in the world.
Under Alex’s technical direction, Monitra also launched ML-42, an advanced data-processing engine that automatically analyses thousands of data points per minute, enabling engineers to make faster, more informed maintenance decisions and dramatically improving operational productivity.
As CEO, Alex will continue to drive Monitra’s mission to maximise the uptime of every high voltage asset worldwide. His vision focuses on advancing real-time monitoring, AI-driven diagnostics, and predictive maintenance solutions.
“It’s an honour to lead Monitra at such a transformative time for our industry,” said Alex. “Our focus is on using our technology to make condition monitoring simpler, providing actionable insights quickly and efficiently for our customers”.
Monitra’s Chairman, Gavin Ryder, commented:
“Alex’s deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and passion for innovation make him the ideal leader to guide Monitra’s continued global expansion and continued technological evolution”.
About Monitra
Monitra designs and manufactures sensors and products for HV networks principally for measurement partial discharge – a key indicator of HV asset health. Monitra’s Kronos products, software, cloud and AI technology maximise HV power system reliability, avoiding unplanned power outages. Monitra’s offices are in Manchester UK (HQ), USA, UAE, China and Australia.