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Geoff said of his appointment:
“In the Year of Engineering, I am delighted to have been elected by the membership to be President. I intend to engage with them and wider stakeholders to ensure we have an Institution that is relevant and fit for purpose in the 21st century.
“Our engineering profession is in the process of radical change. Change that is challenging, not just people’s perspective on our profession but also the way it has operated for the past 170 years. Society will call upon engineers to solve the challenges the world is now facing: how we will live with an exponentially increasing population, how we will feed ourselves, and how we will deal with the challenges of climate change. As President, I hope to create an environment where talent can come together to address the multi-dimensional issues which society faces.”
Geoff Baker is an entrepreneur and engineer with a distinguished international career. Geoff has global business experience and has established business operations in Europe, America, the Middle East, Malaysia and Australia. He co-founded two successful engineering companies, the ATL Group, a leading technical services company in the industrial, defence, oil and gas markets which was sold to Bureau Veritas, and Plant Asset Management Ltd, which was subsequently acquired by FTSE oil services company, Petrofac. Following both acquisitions, Geoff held senior executive positions within these organisations.
He started his career serving a five-year Mechanical Engineering Apprenticeship with the British Aircraft Corporation and graduated with a Master’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering. Geoff has been an active member of the Institution since his early career.
In addition to his personal business interests, Geoff works hard to advance and promote the engineering profession through his three major passions: the encouragement of innovation and entrepreneurship in engineering, inspiring young people into engineering, and pioneering change in the engineering profession, which he believes is required to make it more relevant and responsive to needs of society.
Notes to Editors
- Contact the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Press Office on 020 7973 1261 or email media@imeche.org
- Past Presidents include George Stephenson (our first President and 'Father of the Railways'), William Armstrong (whose house, Cragside, was the first in the world to use hydroelectricity), Arthur Hartley (who helped develop the Pluto Pipeline to supply the Allies during World War II), Bernard Crossland (carried out the Kings Cross fire investigation) and Pamela Liversidge (our first female President, 1997).
- The Institution of Mechanical Engineers was established in 1847 and has some of the world’s greatest engineers in its history books. It is one of the fastest growing professional engineering institutions. Headquartered in London, we have operations around the world and over 120,000 members in more than 140 countries working at the heart of the most important and dynamic industries such as the automotive, rail, aerospace, medical, power and construction industries. www.imeche.org