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Allan Cook CBE - Chairman, WS Atkins
Allan Cook was appointed a non-executive director of WS Atkins
plc in September 2009, taking up the post of chairman on 1 February
2010. Allan is a chartered engineer with more than 30 years'
international experience in the automotive, aerospace and defense
industries. He was chief executive of Cobham PLC, until the end of
December 2009. Prior to Cobham PLC, he held senior roles at
GEC-Marconi, BAE Systems and Hughes Aircraft.
He is chairman of the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing,
past president of the aerospace and defense industries association
of Europe (ASD), past president of the Society of British Aerospace
and Defense Companies (SBAC), director of the Industry Forum,
director of SEMTA, director of the Apprentice Ambassador Network
and a committee member of the UK Ministerial Advisory Group for
Manufacturing. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's New Year's
Honours list in 2008.