The Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) has appointed Dr Alice Bunn as its new chief executive. She will take up the role in July following the retirement of Dr Colin Brown.

Since 2018, Bunn has been international director at the UK Space Agency, responsible for increasing the UK’s global influence in science, security and trade through space. She is also head of the UK delegation to the European Space Agency, and sits on the board of directors at the US Space Foundation and on the World Economic Forum’s future council on space technology.

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