Professor Christopher Snowden, University of Surrey
Professor Snowden is Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK and a distinguished engineer with wide experience of the international microwave and semiconductor industry. He is President of the Institute of Engineering and Technology for 2009-10. He is Vice-President of the Royal Academy of Engineering and Chairs the Academy’s Engineering Policy Group.
Professor Snowden is a Member of the Council of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council; He is a Member of the Board of Universities UK and, following his recent re-election, Chairs the UUK Employability, Business and Industry Policy Committee. He has recently been appointed to the UK’s Technology Strategy Board. He is a member of the Council for Industry and Higher Education and the Defence Scientific Advisory Council. He is a Patron of Surrey Youth Focus.
He is currently a non-executive Director of Intense Ltd, and has previous experience as a Non-Executive of several other companies. He has previously held the posts of Chief Executive Officer at Filtronic plc; Head of School and personal Chair of Microwave Engineering in Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the University of Leeds; Senior Staff Scientist at M/A-COM Inc., Lecturer at the University of York and Applications Engineer at Mullard Ltd.
Professor Snowden is a Fellow of the Royal Society (2005), Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (2000), Fellow of the IEEE (1996), a Fellow of the IET (1992) and a Fellow of the City and Guilds Institute (2005). He holds awards from the Royal Academy of Engineering and the IEEE. He has published 8 books and over 300 technical papers.
