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Allan Cook appointed Lead Non-Executive Board Member at BIS
Business Secretary Vince Cable today (6th March 2014) announced the appointment of Allan Cook as the Lead Non-Executive Board member at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Non-executive board members are experts from outside government who assist in the delivery of policy using relevant experience from business. Allan is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years’ international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defence industries, and took up the post of chairman of Atkins in February 2010. He is also Chairman of Selex ES, Finmeccanica UK and Deputy Chairman of Marshall Group. Allan will attend his first departmental board meeting on 6 March 2014.
Professor Dame Ann Dowling has been appointed as a non-executive board member and will also attend her first departmental board meeting on 6 March 2014. Ann is Head of the Department of Engineering and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge, where she is Professor of Mechanical Engineering and chair of the University Gas Turbine Partnership with Rolls-Royce. Ann is a Non-Executive Director of BP. She will become the first female president of the Royal Academy of Engineering in September 2014.
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NMIS bolsters board with two industry powerhouses
The National Manufacturing Institute Scotland (NMIS) has strengthened its non-executive board with the appointment of highly experienced and influential industry leaders Neil Logan and Allan Cook CBE.
The duo bring extensive leadership in engineering, manufacturing and digital entrepreneurship to the board. Their expertise will support the leadership team and help NMIS continue to deliver transformative impact across the manufacturing community in Scotland and beyond.
Neil Logan has a broad range of experience and a passion for leading and supporting innovative businesses grow and succeed. He is the former CEO and co-founder of Incremental Group, where he spearheaded projects and strategies to support the company’s growth through to its successful sale in 2022. Neil also served as the chair of The Data Lab from 2014 to 2018, where he played a pivotal role in supporting the organisation’s mission of generating economic value from data science and analytics.
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