Queen's Birthday Honours recognise Stem champions

Former IMechE president Isobel Pollock and WES' Dorothy Hatfield awarded OBEs

Former IMechE president Isobel Pollock has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List.

Pollock, who was appointed as the 127^th IMechE president in May 2012, has also worked with the Engineering Council, the Royal Academy of Engineering and the National Physical Laboratory.

She has held senior management positions with companies including ICI, DuPont, Robert McBride and Beatson Clark, becoming an expert in the chemicals, metal handling, glassware, food, drinks and pharmaceutical industries.

Pollock said: “I am delighted and honoured to be granted an OBE for my services to mechanical engineering, a sector I feel so passionate about.

“Engineering lies at the heart of a successful and vibrant society, and I am committed to continue my work to encourage this vital sector.”

Meanwhile, the Women's Engineering Society's Dorothy Hatfield was also awarded an OBE.

Other awards included:

Knighthoods

• Philip Dilley, chairman, Arup Group
• Professor Thomas Kibble, senior research fellow and Emeritus Professor of theoretical physics, Imperial College London
• Professor John Pethica, chief scientific adviser at the National Physical Laboratory and physical secretary and vice-president of The Royal Society

Damehoods

• Dr Pamela Makin, chief executive, British Technology Group

CBE

• Marcus Bryson, chief executive of GKN Aerospace Group
• Richard Coackley, director of energy development, environmental and natural resources, URS
• Professor David Delphy, former chief executive, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• Dr John Robinson, for services to engineering
• Professor Dominic Tildesley, chair of the E-infrastructure Leadership Council

OBE

• Sue Dunkerton, director, Knowledge Transfer Network
• Dr Paul Hawkins, managing director and Chairman, Hawk-Eye Innovations
• David Hodgkiss, chief executive, William Hare Group
• Julie Morris, project manager at the Ministry of Defence, for services to the UK submarine construction programme
• Anupam Ojha, director, the National Space Academy
• Belinda Parmar, chief executive of Lady Geek, for services to women in technology
• Dr Andrew Spurr, managing director, nuclear generation, EDF Energy
• Dr Helen Mason, reader in solar physics at University of Cambridge, for services to higher education and to women in Stem
• David Way, formerly director of knowledge exchange and special projects, Technology Strategy Board
• Professor David Williams, director at EPSRC Centre for innovative manufacturing in regenerative medicine

MBE

• Dr Robert Andrew, commercial director, EW Simulation Technology, for services to the defence industry
• Dr Roger Griffiths, head of Novel Systems at MBDA UK, for services to the defence industry
• Andrew Holt, founder and managing director of What More UK, for services to manufacturing
• James Kane, chairman of J W Kane Engineering, for services to the aerospace industry in Northern Ireland
• Professor Colin McInnes, director, Advanced Space Concepts Laboratory