Congratulations to the following Fellows and trustees of the Royal Academy of Engineering, who have been recognised in the 2024 New Year Honours list for their services to engineering research, industry and wider society:
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE)
- Professor Sir James Rufus McDonald FREng FRSE, President, Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to engineering, to education and to energy
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)
- Professor Molly Morag Stevens FRS FREng, John Black Professor of Bionanoscience, University of Oxford and Professor, Imperial College London. For services to medicine
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
- Mark Cutifani FREng, lately Chief Executive, Anglo American. For services to investment in the global mining industry.
- Professor Penelope Clare Endersby FREng, Chief Executive Officer, Met Office. For services to meteorology, to defence science and to technology.
- Dr Andrew John Mackintosh FREng, Adviser, The Knowledge Assets Initiative. For services to science and technology, and to enterprise development.
- Catriona Mary Robertson Schmolke FREng, Chief Executive Officer, Charlie Five and Vice President of the Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to engineering.
- Dr Charles Nicholas Woodburn FREng, Chief Executive Officer, BAE Systems. For services to international trade and skills development.
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
- Brian Andrew Palmer FREng, founder and Chief Executive, Tharsus Group Ltd. For services to manufacturing and skills.
- Dr Sabesan Sithamparanathan FREng, founder and President, PervasID and Enterprise Fellow, Girton College, University of Cambridge. For services to innovation technology.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
- Dr Enass Abo Hamed, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, H2GO Power and trustee of the Royal Academy of Engineering. For services to engineering and to enterprise.
- David Alan Short FREng, lately Group Technology Director, BAE Systems. For services to military capability.