Business chief and President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Warren East, has received a knighthood in the King\u2019s New Year Honours list for services to the economy and net-zero.<\/p>\n
An inspiring engineer and leader with a career that spans 40 years, Warren has made significant contributions to the engineering and technology industry. His award of Knight Batchelor is in recognition of his work as a business leader, formerly holding both the CEO positions at chip manufacturer ARM and Rolls-Royce plc, and championing net-zero.<\/p>\n
On making the New Year\u2019s Honours List, Sir Warren said: \u201cI\u2019m delighted to receive this honour and pleased to fly the flag for industry in the UK.<\/p>\n
\u201cWithin ARM and Rolls-Royce, I\u2019ve been very lucky to lead two of our stand-out engineering and technology businesses that both punch well above their weight on a global stage. Both are full of incredibly dedicated and extremely capable people worldwide, and of course this honour is really about them.<\/p>\n
\u201cSince\u202fleaving Rolls-Royce, I remain focussed on engineering and technology, encouraging young people into STEM subjects, and working with businesses enabling the energy transition and climate change mitigation, alongside fundamental technology and essential infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Warren began his career in the semiconductor industry at Texas Instruments, then at UK chip designer ARM where he was CEO from 2001 to 2013. He has served on the boards of engineering and technology companies including BT, Dyson and Micron, and was appointed CEO at Rolls-Royce plc in April 2015 \u2013 with a mission to modernise, grow capacity, enhance operational gearing, and determine future direction for a net zero world. During his time at Rolls-Royce, the company broke the world speed record for Electric flight and demonstrated Hydrogen combustion in an aero engine. He left Rolls-Royce at the end of 2022.<\/p>\n
Now driven by his passion for sustainability, he\u2019s empowering smaller businesses to develop cutting-edge technologies to help reach net-zero. This year he was appointed Chair of carbon capture developer firm C-Capture, as well as Chair of the UK\u2019s National Air Traffic Service (NATS).<\/p>\n
Warren took office as IET President in October 2024 and delivered his inaugural President\u2019s Address Time to re-engineer? <\/em><\/strong>where he shared his three-step plan to re-engineer our future \u2013 considering aligning engineering with economics, enhancing communication and strengthening the engineering eco-system.<\/p>\n Ed Almond, IET Chief Executive and Secretary, added: \u201cThis is a fantastic achievement for Sir Warren and testament to his hard work, commitment and success in engineering and technology.<\/p>\n \u201cWarren has dedicated his career towards driving change and bettering results within industry. He is an advocate for the STEM sector, inspires the next generation of engineers and technicians, and is a recognised and respected leader at the highest level in the profession.\u201d<\/p>\n To re-watch Warren\u2019s President\u2019s Address, please visit: Time to re-engineer? | The IET President\u2019s Address<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Business chief and President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), Warren East, has received a knighthood in the King\u2019s New Year Honours list for services to the economy and net-zero. An inspiring engineer and leader with a career… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29273,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29271\/revisions\/29273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/machinery.world\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}