J. David Rhodes

Professor J David Rhodes CBE, FRS, FREng (aged 59) – has been Executive Chairman of Filtronic plc since founding the company in 1977 and also serves as Chief Executive Officer. He has been a professor of electronic and electrical engineering at Leeds University since 1975 and is an internationally recognized figure in the field of circuit theory and microwave engineering. He has authored more than one hundred fifty technical papers and books. In the 1992 New Years Honours List, he was made an Officer, Order of the British Empire, for his contribution to science and technology and in 2000, made a Commander, Order of the British Empire, for his contribution to engineering research and industry. He was also made a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1993. During the last thirty years, Professor Rhodes has received over twenty national and international awards for his research work and contributions to industry in 1999; he was presented with the Mullard Award from the Royal Society, the Golden Jubilee Medal by the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society and in 2000-the IEEE Third Millennium Medal.