IET Special General Meeting

Duration: 55 mins
Publication date: 25 Sep 2015

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A Special General Meeting of the Institution of Engineering and Technology will be held on Friday, 25 September 2015 at 2.30 pm at the Institution of Civil Engineers, 1 Great George Street, London SW1P 3AA to consider, and if thought fit, approve two resolutions.

The background to this Special General Meeting is that on 20 May 2015, the IET received a requisition under Bye-law 40, requesting that the Trustees cease work on their governance reform proposals, failing which by 1 June 2015 a Special General Meeting of the IET be called to consider a resolution (Resolution 2) to establish a Task Force with the members concerned.

The Board of Trustees strongly disagrees with Resolution 2 and believes it will result in delay to the implementation of proposals to improve the IET’s governance. It is therefore proposing a resolution of its own (Resolution 1) in order to provide the opportunity for members to vote on these governance proposals and have them implemented as soon as possible

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Professor William Webb

The Institution of Engineering and Technology

William is CEO of the Weightless SIG, the standards body developing a new global M2M technology. He was one of the founding directors of Neul, a company developing machine-to-machine technologies and networks, which was formed at the start of 2011.Prior to this William was a Director at Ofcom where he managed a team providing technical advice and performing research across all areas of Ofcom’s regulatory remit. He also led some of the major reviews conducted by Ofcom including the Spectrum Framework Review, the development of Spectrum Usage Rights and most recently cognitive or white space policy. Previously, William worked for a range of communications consultancies in the UK in the fields of hardware design, computer simulation, propagation modelling, spectrum management and strategy development. William also spent three years providing strategic management across Motorola’s entire communications portfolio, based in Chicago.William has published 12 books, over 100 papers, and 18 patents. He is a Visiting Professor at Surrey University, a member of Ofcom’s Spectrum Advisory Board (OSAB), other oversight Boards and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET where he is a Deputy President. His biography is included in multiple “Who’s Who” publications around the world. William has a first class honours degree in electronics, a PhD and an MBA.
Nigel Fine

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Chief Executive

Nigel Fine was appointed Chief Executive and Secretary of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in June 2009. Nigel graduated from UMIST in 1978 with a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering and received his MBA from the London Business School in 1984. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the ICE and IET.His professional career has been with Experian Plc where he was a member of the Global Operating Board and Managing Director for all operations in EMEA and Asia Pacific. Before joining Experian, he was an Associate Partner at Andersen Consulting (Accenture), responsible for setting up and running BPO operations in Procurement and Logistics. His early career was spent with John Laing and International Paint.Nigel is a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee of EngineeringUK. He chairs the Professional Plenary Forum of the Chief Executives of all 36 licensed professional engineering institutions and represents the IET on the Technician Council.
Nigel Fine

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, Chief Executive

Nigel Fine was appointed Chief Executive and Secretary of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in June 2009. Nigel graduated from UMIST in 1978 with a BSc (Hons) in Civil Engineering and received his MBA from the London Business School in 1984. He is a Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the ICE and IET.His professional career has been with Experian Plc where he was a member of the Global Operating Board and Managing Director for all operations in EMEA and Asia Pacific. Before joining Experian, he was an Associate Partner at Andersen Consulting (Accenture), responsible for setting up and running BPO operations in Procurement and Logistics. His early career was spent with John Laing and International Paint.Nigel is a Board Member and Chair of the Audit Committee of EngineeringUK. He chairs the Professional Plenary Forum of the Chief Executives of all 36 licensed professional engineering institutions and represents the IET on the Technician Council.

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