IET announces new deputy and president-elect
1 July 2016Great Britain – The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has announced that Professor Jeremy Watson will become its next President, taking up the position on 1 October.
Watson is Professor of Engineering Systems and Vice-Dean in the Faculty of Engineering Sciences at University College London.
He is also Chief Scientist and Engineer at BRE. Previously, Jeremy was Chief Scientific Advisor for the Department of Communities & Local Government and Arup's Global Research Director. Jeremy was awarded a CBE in the Queen's 2013 Birthday honours for services to engineering.
Additionally Mike Carr became IET Deputy President. Until November 2008 Carr was BT's Chief Science Officer, and responsible for the company's world-leading Research Labs and Commercial Exploitation Unit. More recently he has been a Council Member of the EPSRC, a Board member of Innovate UK and a previous Vice President of the IET. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director of Ordnance Survey and for Ploughshare Innovations.
