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2005: Andrew Ives
Andrew Ives
120th President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
Ives is an expert in the fields of electrical and electronic engineering. His experience is in the management of product engineering, from design to business development. He graduated from Brunel University with a First Class Honours in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and is also a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering Technology.
He worked for Lucas Industries for thirty years achieving senior engineering management positions, including Head of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the Lucas Group Research Centre, and Director and General Manager of Lucas Automotive Sensors. He was responsible for multinational engineering programmes, in particular in the automotive sector. He worked with the Jaguar racing team to develop engine management systems used in the Le Mans endurance race. He oversaw the development of engine electronics for the Metro 6R4 super rally car in the 1980s.
In the mid-1990s, he became Principal Consultant to Saturn Electronics and Engineering Inc, a US manufacturing company. This role led to work in China, South America and Hungary. He began to work as an independent consultant for US and UK firms, specializing in automotive engineering.
He was elected President of the IMechE in 2005.
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