Recognition Awards

  • Knighted - 1996
  • Awarded the CBE - 1989
  • Commander of the Order of Orange-Nassau - 2024
  • Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland - 1995
  • Institute of Management Gold Medal, UK 1996
  • Mountbatten Medal - 1995
  • Honorary Doctorates from Eleven Universities
  • Outstanding Director – Financial Times ODX - 2019
  • Outstanding Executive - Texas Tech University, USA - 1998
  • USA Patent for Solid State Software Module
  • Voted one of the Top 25 Managers of 1996 by Business Week
  • Honorary Citizen of Dallas, Texas, USA

Other Professional Details

  • Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
  • Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology
  • Fellow of the British Computer Society
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts