Institution President receives OBE in Queen’s Honours

Group Captain Mark Hunt honoured for services to engineering in the RAF

The President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers has received an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list.

Group Captain Mark Hunt, recognised for his services to engineering in the RAF, was one of 243 people to receive an OBE for their outstanding achievements and service to the community in the list announced on 30 December 2014.

He became the youngest President of the Institution when he was elected aged 42 in May last year.

Mark said: “I am extremely proud as an engineer to have my services recognised in this way.

“I have always been driven to raise the profile of engineers and the engineering profession. This recognition highlights the importance of engineers to society and helps inspire the next generation.

“I am fortunate to have a hugely supportive family and close circle of friends as well as a team of talented professional engineers who have all helped to make this recognition possible.”

Mark has been an Engineer Officer in the RAF for 18 years and is now the Type Airworthiness Authority for the RAF’s intelligence gathering, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance fleets of Sentinel and Sentry aircraft.

His career has spanned appointments as Senior Engineer Officer on an operational Harrier squadron, predominantly in Afghanistan, and training young engineers at the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering.

A Chartered Engineer, Mark has wide-ranging experience in forming, training, motivating and leading teams of military and civilian personnel in peacetime and on operations worldwide.