Professor Ian Ritchey FREng

Ian Ritchey is an experienced engineering leader with a proven track record in the development and support of complex and technically challenging products and solutions. His experience spans the Civil and Defence Aerospace, Marine, Nuclear and Energy sectors, and he has delivered major programmes at all stages of the product life cycle, from early-stage technology maturation, through product development and production into in-service support. The majority of Ian’s career has been with Rolls-Royce plc culminating in him spending three years as Group Chief Engineer. He has led organisations of several thousand engineers, controlled multi-£100M budgets and worked closely with customers at the most senior levels. Programmes on which he has worked include: podded propulsion on the Queen Mary 2 cruise liner; the western world’s largest turboprop, the TP400, on the A400M military transport; the innovative LiftSystem providing vertical lift capability to the F-35B; and the Trent 1000 powering the Boeing 787. Ian is currently a Non-Executive Director at Tekmar Group plc, an advisor to several companies an Honorary Professor at Durham University and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.