Dame Tamara Finkelstein DCB, Chief Executive of the Royal Academy of Engineering, says:
“I am delighted that Chris McDonald MP FREng is taking on the science brief as a Minister in the new Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade. As a chemical engineer with years of industry experience, he is an excellent ambassador for the vital contribution of science, engineering and technology to the economy and the exciting potential of research and innovation to support growth and deliver high value jobs across the UK.
“Chris was the first Fellow of our Academy to be elected as a constituency MP, serving the people of Stockton North. We wish him well in his new ministerial role and look forward to working with him and the rest of the BIST team to engineer better lives and to support the development of science, engineering and technology around the country.”
Chris McDonald MP FREng. Photography credit: Jude Vidal
Notes for editors
The Royal Academy of Engineering creates and leads a community of outstanding experts and innovators to engineer better lives. As a charity and a Fellowship, we deliver public benefit from excellence in engineering and technology and convene leading businesspeople, entrepreneurs, innovators and academics across engineering and technology. As a National Academy, we provide leadership for engineering and technology, and independent, expert advice to policymakers in the UK and beyond. Our work is enabled by funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, corporate and university partners, charitable trusts and foundations, and individual donors.