Royal Academy honours Ordnance Survey ....

17 December 2008, 10:22pm

Royal Academy honours Ordnance Survey Director General

Ordnance Survey Director General and Chief Executive Vanessa Lawrence CB has been elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.

At a recent dinner in London, Vanessa and other new Fellows were admitted to Fellowship by His Royal Highness Prince Philip and Royal Academy President Lord Browne of Madingley.

Vanessa joined fertility expert Lord Winston, venture capitalist Anne Glover of Amadeus and Chief Scientist Sir Gordon Conway as the 2008 new Honorary Fellows of the Royal Academy.

The Royal Academy of Engineering brings together the country’s most eminent engineers from all disciplines to promote excellence in the science, art and practice of engineering. Their strategic priorities are to enhance the UK’s engineering capabilities, to celebrate excellence and inspire the next generation, and to lead debate by guiding informed thinking and influencing public policy.

At the same evening 44 very prominent engineers were admitted to the Fellowship. These included BAE Systems' Simon Howison, the UK engineering leader for the Eurofighter Typhoon; Timothy Leverton, who led JCB's record breaking Dieselmax land speed project; Stephen Payne, Chief Navel Architect for the Queen Mary 2; and Michael Carr, Chief Scientific Officer at BT.

Vanessa said: “I am both delighted and surprised to be invited to join the Royal Academy of Engineering. As far as I am aware, I am the first geographic information practitioner to be admitted to Fellowship, which is not only a great personal honour but also demonstrates the growing standing of our industry.”

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