Stewart M John, Esq, OBE, FREng

Career: BOAC apprentice aeronautical engr 1955-60, seconded as station engr to Kuwait Airways 1961-65, seconded as chief engr Borneo to Malaysia-Singapore Airlines E Malaysia 1965-67 (gen inspr and project engr Singapore 1963-66), engr Avionics Devpt London Airport 1967-70, asst to Gen Manager Maintenance 1970-71, works supt Mechanical Workshops 1972-73, aircraft maintenance supt 1973-74, maintenance mangr American Aircraft 1975-77, engrg dir Cathay Pacific Airways 1980-93 (dep dir engrg and maintenance Hong Kong 1977-80); dep chm Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering 1987-93 (dir 1982-93), chm Assoc Engineers Ltd Hong Kong 1990-93, ret; tech dir Aviation Exposure Management Ltd 1995-; dir of quality and memb Cncl Aviation Trg Assoc, pres RAeS 1997-98; memb: Bd Commercial Aero Engine Rolls-Royce 1993-98, Bd British Aerospace Aviation Services 1993-98, Bd Taikoo Aircraft Engineering Co Xiamen 1993-, Bd of Tstees Brooklands Museum Tst, Bd Hong Kong Aero Engine Service Limited (HAESL) 1996-98, Bd British Midland Aviation Services 1997-2000, Bd Aerospace North America 2000-02, Advsy Bd Kingfisher Airlines (India) 2006-09; non-exec dir Green Dragon Gas (China) 2006-; pres Int Fedn of Airworthiness 1993-96, Selection Ctee François-Xavier Bagnond Aerospace Prize 2001-04; Gold medal Br Assoc of Aviation Conslts 1991; FREng 1990, FRAeS