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| The first chairman of the UK’s new Engineering and Technology Board is Sir Peter Williams, currently Master of St Catherine’s College Oxford, Chairman of The National Museum of Science and Industry, and director of GKN plc, President of the Institute of Physics, and former Chairman of Oxford Instruments plc.
The ETB, is set to address the needs of the UK’s engineering and technology community. It is based on extensive preparatory work undertaken by The Hawley Group and an ETB ‘Shadow Board’. It will take over and expand the role of the present Engineering Council, which has only dealt with issues relating to the engineering profession. High on the ETB’s list of priorities is to tackle concerns about future skills shortages; promoting the importance and attractiveness of engineering and technology based careers; and championing the needs of the rapidly growing technology sector. Biography of Sir Peter Williams Sir Peter Williams CBE, FREng, FRS Master of St Catherine’s College Oxford Trained as a physicist with an MA and PhD from Cambridge, Peter Williams initially pursued an academic career at Selwyn College, Cambridge and then at Imperial College, London. After a period with VG Instruments, a high technology manufacturer of scientific instruments, he joined Oxford Instruments (the first spin-off company of Oxford University) in 1982, became its Chief Executive in 1985 and Chairman in 1991. He retired in 1999 to take up the Mastership of St. Catherine’s College, Oxford. He is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of Science & Industry and of the Dept of Trade and Industry’s Action Japan committee and Chairman designate of the National Physical Laboratory. He is President of the Institute of Physics and a non-executive director of GKN plc and of Advent VCT1 and VCT2 plc. Associated links: The Engineering and Technology Board website Eric Evans 1/16/2002 |
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