Managing director of Bath-based specialist engineering group BMT Defence Services, Muir Macdonald, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering.
Election to the Academy is by invitation only and about 50 Fellows are elected each year in recognition of their outstanding and continuing contributions to engineering. Mr Macdonald, pictured, joins an exclusive group which includes JCB chairman Lord Bamford, Sir James Dyson and Vice-Admiral Simon Lister, Chief of Materiel (Fleet) and Chief of Fleet Support for the Royal Navy. 
Royal Academy of Engineering president professor Dame Ann Dowling said: “Our newly-elected Fellows bring an enormous breadth of expertise to the Academy, widening our collective scope and knowledge.
“I know that they will all make significant contributions to the Academy’s activities in their time as Fellows and we look forward to working with them to create benefit for society through engineering.”
Mr Macdonald added: “I am delighted and honoured to have been recognised by the Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering. The culture and ethos that I am proud to be a part of within BMT Defence Services aligns with the Royal Academy of Engineering’s stated aim of promoting excellence across all fields of engineering.”
The Royal Academy of Engineering is the UK’s national academy for engineering, which brings together the most successful and talented engineers for a shared purpose – to advance and promote excellence in engineering.
It provides analysis and policy support to promote the UK’s role as a great place to do business and takes a lead on engineering education while investing in the UK’s world-class research base to underpin innovation.
BMT, which supplies engineering design, design support and technical services to defence customers, employs more than 300 specialists and support staff in its Bath head office and bases in Fareham and Weymouth.
It has a strong commitment to women in science and engineering, and to ensuring a pipeline of engineering talent proficient in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.
