Council / Office Bearers
The direction and management of the affairs of the Institution is confined to Council, which consists of a President, a Vice-President, an Honorary Treasurer, the Immediate Past President and fifteen Councillors.
The President presides over all meetings of the Institution and Council at which he is present, and regulates and keeps order in the proceedings.
Councillors hold office for three years and thereafter are ineligible for election for one year. The members of Council are elected at the Annual General Meeting.
Each year therefore there are around five vacancies for new members on Council, and Members, Fellows and Companions are encouraged to put their names forward to participate in the future direction of the Institution.
Elected Members for the Current Session
President
Dr Andy Pearson, FIES
Read BioAndy is the Group Managing Director of Star Refrigeration, a Glasgow-based industrial refrigeration contractor, and he lives in Cathcart. He spent time as a University of Strathclyde undergraduate working for the Ford Motor Company in Essex and IBM in Spango Valley, Greenock, and joined Star after graduating in 1986. He returned briefly to the University of Strathclyde to research his PhD thesis on the use of Carbon Dioxide as a refrigerant, receiving his doctorate in 2006. Andy is currently chair of the BSI committee on Refrigeration Safety and represents the interests of UK industry in the technical committees and working groups in CEN and ISO. He served as the President of the Institute of Refrigeration from 2010 to 2013 and currently chairs their International Committee. When he is not engineering refrigeration and heat pumps systems, Andy can be found singing in the Strathclyde University Chamber Choir or playing sax with the Heart and Soul Swing Band, a fund-raising venture on behalf of the Church of Scotland’s HIV programme.
Andy’s advice to young engineers is “develop your communication skills, particularly in writing and presenting your ideas. Whether you like it or not, most of your job is about “selling”, whether it is promoting your company to prospective customers or simply persuading your boss that you are doing a good job and deserve a pay rise.”
Vice President
Dick Philbrick, FIES
Read BioDick studied Naval Architecture and worked in shipyards for many years before studying for a second degree in Industrial Relations. He started Clansman Dynamics in 1994 with 3 other engineers.
Clansman designs and makes a range of heavy duty robots and manipulators and sells 95% for export to all 5 continents and 42 countries; 40 employees and £12m sales.
In 2009 90% of employees bought shares in the company and the change to Employee Ownership was made. The new structure provides a solution for both the long term ownership of the company and for engineering. Engineering needs constant development, constant risk taking and prodigious efforts when developments go wrong, employee ownership provides patient shareholders who understand the business.
Clansman was successful before the change and that is what allowed it to happen, but the enthusiasm and commitment is now even greater. A 60% increase in sales and 100% increase in profit supports the claim.
As Managing Director of Clansman, he was deeply involved in overall management, in the design and manufacture of products and in sales. In the latter role he travelled the world and found that his foreign languages skills - German, French and some Italian - were invaluable.
Dick recently retired from Clansman Dynamics, although he remains as Chairman of the Trust that will always own a majority of the shares in the employee-owned company. He campaigns directly for greater attention to be paid to the importance of foreign languages and to spread the word for the benefits of employee ownership. He is a trustee for a large architectural practice in England and is member of the SCDI International Business Committee.
Past President
David Westmore, FIES
Read BioDavid is a Naval Architect. He studied Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne graduating in 1976. He spent 35 years working with Clark & Standfield, a subsidiary of the Lobnitz Marine Group. Clark & Standfield is one of the leading experts in the design of floating docks having designed, since formed in 1873, more than 200 floating docks ranging in lift capacity from 300 to 110,000 tonnes including some 60 Admiralty Floating docks.
Executive Director
Prof Iain MacLeod, FIES
Read BioIain MacLeod’s career was in civil/structural engineering. His early experience in practice was mainly in the design of industrial structures such as steel and pulp mills. His early research work was in the development of computer models for the design of tall buildings leading to the use of AI techniques for the structural design of buildings and the identification and use of design and modelling processes. He held a number of appointments at UK universities, retiring from the post of Professor of Structural Engineering at the University of Strathclyde. He continues to seek to identify how people achieve success in situations of complex uncertainty, not only in engineering but across the disciplines. He was President of the Institution of Engineers in Scotland 2012-14.
His advice to young people: Seek to be multi-skilled. Do not rely only on education for that. Develop your thinking skills and your skills for doing things. For example: study the principles of teamwork and leadership and apply them; learn to touch type at a speed that allows you to transcribe, in real time, what people say at a meeting; learn to be a power user of software, e.g. learn to use macros in spreadsheets; learn the basic principles of accountancy.
Members of Council
Prof Ian Arbon, FIES
Read BioProf Ian M. Arbon is a Chartered Mechanical Engineer, a Registered European Engineer and a Chartered Environmentalist, with an MSc in ‘Renewable Energy and the Environment’ and an MBA. Formerly MD of several engineering-sector manufacturing companies (Howden Compressors Ltd; Caledonian Compressors Ltd; Peter Brotherhood Ltd), he now runs Engineered Solutions, a Sustainable Engineering and management consultancy, based in Scotland. Ian is a Fellow of IMechE; having chaired its Energy, Environment & Sustainability Group and its Renewable Power Committee. He is also a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), the Energy Institute and the Institute of Refrigeration
Prof Tom Buggy, FIES
Read BioTom obtained both his BSc (Hons) and PhD in Physics from the University of Glasgow. Upon completing his PhD in 1982 he took up a position with Yarrows Admiralty Research and Development (Yard) Ltd where he spent 14 years (now part of BAe Systems) progressing from Design Engineer to Principal Consultant. Until May 2018 Tom served for 16 years as Head of several academic Departments at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has also sought to use his academic position to support activities and initiatives that foster an understanding of the positive role of engineering (including IT) and engineers in society, the value of STEM as a career choice, and the importance of improving gender balance.
Derek Ian Elder, FIES
Read BioDerek served an apprenticeship with Crouch & Hogg Consulting Civil Engineers. He became a Chartered Engineer in 1984 and was involved in property development, and the policy and strategy of economic development, before taking a secondment to the Confederation of British Industry in 1994. In 1999 Derek returned to Scottish Enterprise as its Liaison Manager at the new Scottish Parliament. He ran his own public affairs consultancy before joining the Institution of Civil Engineers as its Scottish Director in April 2005.Derek returned to public affairs consultancy in April 2011. Derek is keen to use his experience in public affairs to raise the profile of the Institution and of engineering, particularly with politicians and the media.
Graeme Fletcher, FIES
Read BioAfter completing his studies at Southampton Institute of Higher Education and an engineering cadetship with BP Shipping Ltd, Graeme spent the next 20 years on various ship types trading worldwide. This culminated in service as Chief Engineer on Irish Sea Ro-Ro ferries and attainment of an Open University Honours Degree. Since coming ashore in 1998 he has been responsible for safety and technical operations both on shore and afloat during a period of great advancement and technical development at Western Ferries (Clyde) Limited. In his spare time, he is an enthusiastic veteran rower and coach for Castle Semple Rowing Club.
Lewis Hammell, MIES
Read BioLewis graduated in 2016 from Strathclyde University with a Master’s degree in Naval Architect and Marine Engineering. Lewis is currently employed by Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) as a graduate Naval Architect within the vessels team. He is currently involved in the design and build of the first two innovative UK LNG dual-fuel passenger ferries; currently under construction on the Clyde at Ferguson Marine. Within this project he is involved in various disciplines which include: steelwork and fabrication; surveys and inspections; design work and plan approvals; machinery and electrical systems, and project management. His main role in the small vessels team is the design and outfit of the passenger and crew accommodation.
Robert Harley, FIES
Read BioRobert served his apprenticeship with Yarrow Shipbuilders, now BAE Systems Surface Ships. He left to work for Dorbyl in Durban, South Africa, and on returning to Yarrows in 1979, won a company sponsorship to Strathclyde University completing an honours degree in Naval Architecture in 1982. Robert recently retired from BAE Systems Surface Ships, with a career spanning the Type 22, Type 23, Malaysian Frigates, Brunei OPVs, Type 45 Destroyers, QEC Aircraft Carriers and the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
John Hayden, FIES
Read BioJohn is an electrical design engineer. Having served his apprenticeship at Yarrow Shipbuilders He them moved into the commercial new build sector working for Ferguson Shipbuilders as an electrical design engineer, before joining ABB as the Project Manager for the ships being built at Kvaerner Govan and infrastructure upgrades at Faslane.
John graduated from Henley Management College with a Master’s degree in Business Administration.
In 2008 he set up his own business providing electrical design and installation support for the marine industry and was instrumental in the successful delivery of the worlds first Ro-Ro passenger and vehicle ferries built at Ferguson Shipbuilders.
Paula Pappas, MIES
Read BioPaula studied Civil Engineering with Architecture at the University of Glasgow. In 2017,she was a member of the FemEng in Rwanda Team that travelled to Kigali to deliver engineering outreach workshops to schoolchildren in Rwanda. In 2018, she took on the role of Project Manager and returned to Kigali, managing a team of 17 university students and four high school graduates.
Paula graduated last summer with an M.Eng. in Civil Engineering with Architecture and was presented with the Glasgow University Engineers’ Society Award Medal and Prize, which is awarded to the First Class Honours Engineering graduate considered most likely to make a notable contribution to the engineering profession and to the well being of their country. Since September 2018, she has been working as a Graduate Structural Engineer at Woolgar Hunter in Glasgow
Dr Malcolm Robb, FIES
Paul Sweeney, FIES
Read BioBorn and raised in Glasgow, Paul Sweeney graduated from the University of Glasgow prior to joining BAE Systems in 2011. Coming from a family of Clyde shipbuilders, his passion for the industry – both historical and contemporary – was fostered at an early age. Paul worked in a diverse range of roles at BAE; from international business development, the fitting out and sea trials of the Type 45 Destroyers, to helping develop the company’s Lean Learning Academy. Latterly, Paul was Operations Strategy Coordinator at BAE Systems, which oversaw the long-term development of all manufacturing and production activities across the Clyde shipyards.
Paul also led the development of an innovative Virtual Reality design system that was voted as one of the top 16 projects in BAE Systems during 2014. His sustained work in driving BAE Systems' involvement in the creation of the new Fairfield Heritage Centre at Govan Shipyard received a Manufacturing Champions award for Community Engagement in Engineering.
Paul then joined Scottish Enterprise as an Account Manager, where he works intensively with the leadership of companies across the Defence, Marine, Shipbuilding and Aerospace sectors based in Scotland, ranging from start-ups with high growth potential to established first tier global firms, in order to enable them to identify and deliver key projects to grow sustainably and better compete within the global marketplace - maximising value for those firms and the wider Scottish industrial base.
Paul is also actively engaged in a number of initiatives aimed at conserving and promoting Glasgow’s architectural and industrial heritage; including serving as Secretary of the Springburn Winter Gardens Trust, which aims to restore the landmark A-listed Hothouse originally built at Springburn Park in 1900 by the family of James Reid, the locomotive manufacturer and past president of IES.
Paul is currently a Member of the Scottish Parliament
Kimberley Travers, MIES
Read BioKim graduated from the University of Strathclyde with a master’s degree in Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering in 2012. Since graduation she has been employed by DNV GL (ex. Det Norske Veritas).
Starting on the graduate program, she spent time in the Glasgow, London, Oslo and Rotterdam offices before returning to Glasgow to take up a position as Fleet in Service Surveyor. Kim is currently involved in fleet in service activities throughout the UK and holds position as Flag Liaison Officer between DNV GL and Flag States based in the UK.
Outside of office hours, Kim is a keen hillwalker, climber, skier and is happiest when out in the mountains.
Norman Wardil, FIES
Read BioNow retired, Norman is an experienced Marine Engineer. He started his career as an Apprentice with BP in the early sixties (possibly one of the best training schemes of its time) eventually sailing as Chief Engineer. A short period was spent in Combustion Engineering learning about flames before he returned to the Marine environment as a Superintendent.
Gregor Colville
Read BioGregor J. Colville is Head of Teaching for Chemical & Process Engineering at Heriot-Watt University, and is also a Visiting Scholar at Queen’s University Belfast. He holds an MEng Chemical Engineering with Energy Resource Engineering from Heriot-Watt, and an MSc Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College.
Gregor spent 15 years in the upstream oil and gas industry working in Aberdeen, Sydney, Houston and Luanda, before joining Heriot-Watt in 2016. In addition, he was a founding member and chairman from 2010-12 of Heriot-Watt’s Chemical Engineering Industrial Advisory Board.
Gregor is a Fellow of IES and a chartered engineer and chartered petroleum engineer through the Energy Institute. He was Chairman of the Aberdeen, Highlands & Islands Branch of the Energy Institute from 2011-12, and has also served on the Aberdeen committees of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the Institute of Corrosion.
Graham Bibby
Read BioGraham is a graduate of the University of Glasgow, and a “Rude Mechanical”. He has latterly been managing director of a number of mechanical engineering companies, serving the water treatment, mechanical and fluid handling, renewable technology and engineering services markets worldwide.
Graham has focussed on the development of young engineers, via mentoring, support of Young Engineers Clubs, and by identifying and nurturing appropriate talent.
As a graduate engineer Graham developed his career with the Weir Group, where he was deputy MD of Weir Pumps, growing the group’s energy profile and developing products and systems for the nuclear safety and oil extraction markets. He took over the reins of Weir Westgarth, the group’s major projects company, and won exporter of the year. Having grown the company’s capability in offshore water treatment from a standing start to the world leading technology, he led the sale of the business to French Multinational Veolia.
Graham then worked with American engineers Jacobs as UK Operations Director, establishing projects partnerships with major UK Utilities. Latterly Graham has been focussed on developing technologies for the burgeoning renewable energy market, focussing on offshore technologies, where his passion for technology and the environment combines with his love of the sea.
Graham has focussed on the development of young engineers, via mentoring, support of Young Engineers Clubs, and by identifying and nurturing appropriate talent.
Graham is a keen sailor, and also spends as much time as possible in SW France.
Honorary Members of Council
President 2016 -2018
Karen Dinardo, FIES
Read BioKaren graduated with BEng Civil Engineering, Glasgow University, in 1987 and commenced her career with Sir Murdoch MacDonald & Partners, Cambridge, having carried out summer vacation work with Dinardo's, and in USA and in Germany with other organisations. Karen then re-joined her father to work at Dinardo Partnership in 1988. Projects have included a variety of civil/structural designs with Dinardo's, including numerous variety in Aberdeen, Highlands and Islands, and Moray in the North, from 1993, ongoing. Karen has also toured Asia/China/Australia visiting Dinardos projects and contacts, and carried out PR / monorail research work there for 4 months.
Interesting past projects include 2 storey multiplex 7 screen cinema and retail (Shiprow, Aberdeen) for Contractor, and £9m extension and complex alterations to HMT Theatre, Aberdeen, for City Council, and live news printing press alterations / envelope raising extensions during continuous newspaper production, Aberdeen.
Karen achieved Chartered Engineer status in 1992 and 1999 with IStructE and ICE respectively, and CIHT in 1993. She joined IESIS in 2000, and became a fellow in 2009. Karen was elected Vice-President in 2014.
Karen has served with ICE Highlands as Treasurer, and with Aberdeen Association of Civil Engineers, since 1990's. She has assisted on "AMG & S ICE" committee before that, in Glasgow (with Gordon Masterton - in our younger days!).
Her current role is as Director of Dinardo Partnership, Consulting Engineers, based in Paisley.
Input with IESIS colleagues is both very interesting and horizon-broadening, in her view. Visiting schools / universities and informing young people on the engineering profession, is a keen interest.
President, 2010- 2012
Prof Gordon Masterton, OBE FREng FRSE FIES
President, 2008- 2010
Prof David Harrison, FIES
President 2006 -2008
Ernest Chambers, FIES
President 2004 - 2006
Crawford Gorrie, FIES
President 2001 - 2004
Prof Anthony Slaven, CIES
President 1999 - 2001
Carlo Dinardo, FIES
President 1991 - 1993
Ian Broadley, FIES
President 1983 -1985
Alexander Stephen, FIES
Past Presidents of the Institution are ex-officio honorary members of Council.