Naomi Climer, President, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET)

1986 BSc Chemistry, Imperial College London

1996-2000 Controller technology, BBC News

2000-2002 Director, ITV Digital

2002-2006 Sony, director, professional services

2002-2012 Sony, vice-president, Professional Solutions Europe

2010 Joins IET Board of Trustees

2012 Becomes deputy president of the IET

2012-2015 Sony, president, Media Cloud Services

2013 awarded Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering

2014 named International  Association of Broadcast Manufacturers Woman
of the Year

2015 begins term as IET president

Naomi Climer has been president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) – the international, trans-disciplinary professional body, headquartered in London, that represents and promotes engineering interests – for barely a month. As the IET’s first female president, she has spent a significant part of her brief time in the post – not to mention a while before taking it up – talking about gender issues. While she accepts this is hardly surprising, when I met her in her office, currently tucked into a small corner of the IMechE’s building in Westminster while the IET’s own offices off the Strand are refurbished, and told her I wanted to start by speaking about other matters as well, she let
out a small cheer.