SOE is overseen by our Trustee Board, who gain their places through annual elections, voted in by the membership. 

Meet your Trustee Board members 
 

Howard Seymour
Howard Seymour CEng CEnv FSOE FIPlantE FIRTE

President, SOE

howard.seymour@soe.org.uk

Howard Seymour is SOE's president for the period 2017-2019

Actively involved with SOE for over 20 years at branch, centre and head office level, Howard is a Fellow, Chartered Engineer, and Chartered Environmentalist. Joining the Royal Air Force at 17 to train as an Aircraft Mechanic, then later as Technician, Howard gained a firm grounding of engineering from a practical sense, moving into a military career working on fast jet aircraft, its supporting equipment and support services in both the plant and operational environments. Gaining EngTech and IEng before her turned 30, Howard joined BAE Systems PLC before 2000, taking on a role as a fully qualified and accredited engineer. His main role being as aircraft support equipment design engineer and maintenance support, on a major aircraft development programme. Whilst in this role, Howard completed a BEng with honours in Computer Aided Engineering. In 2003, a move into project management took Howard into technical based delivery projects on major aircraft capability upgrade programmes, as well as gaining a Masters in Project Management in Practice. More recently, Howard has been involved in significant business transformation projects with BAE.

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Beverley Bell
Beverley Bell OBE HonFSOE HonFIRTE

Patron, SOE

patron@soe.org.uk

We are honored to have had Beverley Bell as Patron since 2016

Beverley has been an honorary fellow of the Society of Operations Engineers since 2010 and is also a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. She was admitted as a solicitor in 1985 and established her own practice in 1990, specialising in criminal and transport law. Beverley was appointed Traffic Commissioner for the North West of England in 2000, and in 2012 she was appointed Senior Traffic Commissioner for Great Britain. This is a statutory role with responsibility for giving guidance and directions on a range of matters to commissioners, in consultation with stakeholders.

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Bruce McGill
Bruce McGill

Chief Executive, SOE

56247891, mcgill@test.pixl8.co.uk

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Daniel Moir
Daniel Moir

Chief Operating Officer, SOE

523164983, danielmoir@test.pixl8.co.uk

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Emma Thompson
Emma Thompson

PA to Chief Executive and Office Manager, SOE

5214564798, emmathompson@test.pixl8.co.uk

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