Leading from the front [Sir David Brown]

Sir David Brown is the chairman of Motorola UK and the IEE President for 2003/4. This article outlines his life and career in engineering in various industries and the excitement that has come from working at the forefront of engineering. Sir David has worked for Plessey working on the Ptarmigan digital military radio system, for STC working on advanced data switching, as a software manager, and a sales and marketing manager, and finally for Motorola working in GSM. Sir David's involvement with the Faraday lectures and his views on the proposed merger between the IEE, IMechE and IIE are mentioned.