​Sir Terry Morgan CBE FREng Chairman, Crossrail

Sir Terry Morgan CBE was honoured at the Ordinary Meeting of the Institution on 18 April by the President, Carolyn Griffiths FREng. In recognition of his tremendous leadership, work with the young generation of aspiring engineers, many personal achievements and contributions to engineering. Sir Terry was inducted as an Honorary Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.

Sir Terry was delighted to be joining the impressive ranks of Honorary Fellows of the Institution, saying:

“It is an honour to receive the Honorary Fellowship from the Institution. This is a hugely exciting time for the engineering profession as new technology transforms the industry and with projects such as HS2 and Crossrail 2 on the horizon.

“I have had the privilege to work alongside hundreds of apprentices and young people on the Crossrail programme and if we are to secure the success of the industry, it’s vital that we continue to train up the next generation of engineers to deliver the projects of the future.”

Sir Terry Morgan took over the role of Chairman of Crossrail on 1 June 2009.

Crossrail is a £14.9bn project, sponsored by the DfT and TfL, to deliver a world class affordable railway that links Maidenhead and Heathrow west of London with the West End, the City and Canary Wharf, to Stratford and Shenfield north east of London and Woolwich and Abbey Wood to the south east.

Prior to this, Sir Terry was Chief Executive of Tube Lines, a PPP company that was contracted to maintain and upgrade the infrastructure of the Jubilee, Northern and Piccadilly lines.

Sir Terry has also held the positions of:

• Group Managing Director, Operations, BAE Systems
• Group HR Director, BAE Systems
• Managing Director (Royal Ordnance)
• Managing Director (Land Rover), Rover Group
• Operations Director, Rover Group

Sir Terry is the past President of the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Institution of Engineering and Technology.  He has an MSc in Engineering Production & Management.

Sir Terry is Chairman of Ricardo plc and in February 2017 was appointed Chairman of London City Airport. More reccently has taken on the role of Chair of Crossrail International.  He is past Chairman of the HS2 College Governing Body and past Non-Executive Chairman of the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.

Sir Terry is a Member of the University of Birmingham Council, a Heart of the City Council Member and a Member of the HS2 Growth Delivery Board.

He is also a Trustee of the Crossrail Art Foundation.  In addition Sir Terry led a skills review for the transport sector in support of the Government’s commitment to 30,000 apprentices by 2020.