Implementing the recommendations of a recent governance review, the following new appointments have been made:
Professor Sir Bashir Al Hashimi CBE FREng FRS has been elected to the new post of Vice President for International and will serve as a Trustee.
Dame Sue Ion GBE FREng FRS and Catriona Savage FREng have been elected as new Trustees and Paul Taylor CBE FREng has been re-elected for a new term, while Rachel Skinner CBE FREng has been coopted by the Board as a new Trustee.
From 23 September the full Trustee Board membership is as follows:
President
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Sir John Lazar CBE FREng
Vice Presidents
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Professor Sir Bashir Al Hashimi CBE FREng FRS, Vice President for International
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David Eyton CBE FREng, Vice President for Finance and Operations
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Professor Nick Jennings CB FREng FRS, Vice President for Fellowship and Awardee Engagement
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Members
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Dame Muffy Calder DBE FREng FRSE
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Dr Luisa Freitas dos Santos CBE FREng
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Carolyn Griffiths OBE FREng
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Dame Judith Hackitt DBE FREng
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Dame Sue Ion GBE FREng FRS
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Professor Arthur Kay (Awardee Excellence Community member)
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Catriona Savage FREng
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Rachel Skinner CBE FREng
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Paul Taylor CBE FREng
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Professor Richard Williams CBE FREng FRSE
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David Wright FREng
Notes for editors
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