People
A new governance structure for the Society was implemented at the end of June 2005. The new structure consists of:- a trustee board of management comprising the President, Immediate Past President, three Vice-Presidents (as Chairs of the Professional Sector Councils), the Honorary Secretary, the Honorary Treasurer, the Chair of IRTE Services Ltd, the Chair of the Membership and Professional Standards Committee and up to a maximum of six elected members.
Board members are both directors of the SOE and trustees of the charity and thus bear considerable legislative responsibility whilst making a positive contribution to the future of the profession.
- an operational Council for each of the SOE Professional Sectors (three in number at present: IRTE, IPlantE and BES), each Council consisting of a maximum of 12 members (of whom up to eight are elected and a maximum of six can be co-opted) with specialist, sector-specific skills and experience. The Councils have delegated responsibility for industry-specific membership matters within budgets and operational plans previously approved by the Board, such as membership promotion, recruitment, retention and services; journals and publications; technical services; government and industry relations; events and seminars; regional operations; CPD.
This new structure is designed to provide greater emphasis to the Professional Sectors, their members and services whilst allowing sufficient flexibility for the Society to expand in the future.
For further information on how to become involved with SOE, see Elections.
Principal Officers, Chief Executive, Trustee Board and Professional Sector Councils
Ian LingPresident, June 2007–June 2008
The Society’s President is Ian Ling, IEng FSOE FIPlantE MAPM
Ian Ling is registered as an IEng and is retired after a long and varied career in the Royal Navy, Watney Mann breweries and several pharmaceutical companies. A well established and highly active member of the Institution of Plant Engineers since 1962, Ian was a member of the IPlantE Council prior to its merger with the IRTE and the re-branding of both organisations as the SOE.
Nick Jones FCAChief Executive
Nick is a Chartered Accountant and joined the SOE as Head of Finance in 2001, but for the past ten months he has effectively led the Society as Acting Chief Executive following the departure of Marian Kelly in December 2006.
Nick's previous employers include London Underground, Crusader Insurance, Tube Investments and FPS Group where he was a Director of the main operating company and its subsidiaries.
Nick is committed to promoting the SOE in any way he can, as skilled and competent engineers working in road transport, plant and engineer surveying are essential for the wellbeing of the UK.
John Ratcliff
Patron
The Society's Patron is John Ratcliff CBE, CEng, FSOE, FIRTE. John has been actively involved in the worlds of transport and plant engineering for many years.
He is the Chairman and co-founder of the Ratcliff Group which encompasses companies involved in the design and installation of machinery in food processing/packaging, medical equipment and commercial vehicle accessories. John was awarded a CBE for services to road transport in 2000.
Trustee Board
To email Trustee Board members click on their name or photograph and then complete the contact form.
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Ian Ling President |
John Childs Immediate Past President |
Chris Grime Vice President IRTE PS |
Peter Hills Vice President BES |
Steve Catte Vice President IPlantE PS | |||||
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Roger O'Loughlin Honorary Secretary IPlantE PS |
Roddy Mackenzie Chair of Membership and Professional Standards Committee IRTE PS |
Richard Gibbs Chair of IRTE Services Ltd IRTE PS |
David Rimmer Honorary Treasurer IRTE PS |
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Professional Sector Councils
 Peter Hills (Chair) Ian Black (Vice-Chair) John Childs Nick Green Kevin Hawkins Tony Hooper Mike Rawlings Dave Skellington Steve Wainer Peter Wilson |
 Steve Catte (Chair) Garry Gilby (Vice-Chair) David Bates Josh Bowmaker Pat Hughes Andrew Jellis Roger O'Loughlin Brian Tinham Peter White Paul Winstanley John Woods |
 Chris Grime (Chair) Gerry Fleming (Vice-Chair) John Boyle David Browning Ian Dale Mick Holland John Parry David Rimmer Sid Sadique Paul Tyson |