Sir Alan is an active supporter of the Institutions, CPE and INSTEP. Now retired, he was a leading local industrialist and a GEC Main Board Director. He is a Past President of the Institution of Production Engineers, now incorporated in the IEE. In 1997-9 Sir Alan chaired the local CPE committee (now INSTEP) when the foundations of what is now Imagineering were laid.

Lecture Details for 2006 to follow later