Mott MacDonald’s Simon Harrison elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK

Dr Simon Harrison, Mott MacDonald group head of strategy, has been elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering – the highest accolade in the profession.

Each year Fellows of the Academy nominate and elect their peers for this prestigious Fellowship in recognition of their contributions towards the engineering profession. This is the highest national honour that an engineer can receive and is awarded to the UK’s most preeminent engineers representing the nation’s best engineering researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and business and industry leaders.

In his role as group head of strategy at Mott MacDonald, Simon is responsible for developing its global strategy and expanding its scope and expertise in both domestic and international markets.

As a leading voice in public policy around engineering’s implications in energy transition and decarbonisation, he has made major contributions to UK energy policy and has chaired important national committees and professional groups advising government on this area of great strategic importance, providing vital contributions to Academy outputs.

Simon has also served two terms as vice president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, with contributions in strategy, membership, professional development and knowledge solutions.

Denise Bower, Mott MacDonald’s group external engagement director, said: “The whole of Mott MacDonald congratulates Simon on this fantastic achievement and honour. It is now clear the decarbonisation challenge is increasingly about energy systems needing to radically change, and Simon has been determined in pushing the industry to do this. From being asked by government to chair a panel to review engineering standards for the electricity system in transition, to leading an electricity decarbonisation workstream as part of its wider net zero activity, his election to Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering recognises his deep knowledge of engineering and this determination.”

Simon joins Chris Dulake, global sector lead for Transport, Mark Enzer, strategic advisory director in Advisory Executive and Tony O’Brien global practice lead for Geotechnics, as Royal Academy of Engineering Fellows, supporting Mott MacDonalds quest for excellence in all it does.