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Dr Julie Madigan is awarded MBE

Dr Julie Madigan, Chief Executive of The Manufacturing Institute, has been awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen’s Birthday 2014 Honours List - in recognition of her services to business and the community.

For the past 20 years she has led The Manufacturing Institute, a leading charity dedicated to driving up standards of manufacturing professionalism and engaging the public with the ongoing transformation of UK and global manufacturing.

Commenting on her award, Julie said: “I am enormously proud to receive this honour and of the Manufacturing Institute’s achievements. Manufacturing is crucial to the UK’s economic success and for the past 20 years, we’ve championed British industry and developed ever higher standards. We’ve educated more than 50,000 manufacturers in best practice, delivered hands-on shop floor improvements at more than 9,000 manufacturing sites and worked with 60,000 children to introduce a next generation of talent to the sector.”

The Manufacturing Institute partnered with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 2010 to bring Fab Labs to the UK.

Julie began her career at pharmaceuticals giant Ciba, now Novartis. Prior to that she worked in research and has a BSc (Hons) and PhD in Biochemistry and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She is an advisory group board member of the All-Party Parliamentary Manufacturing Group, a member of the Board of Advancing Quality Alliance (AqUA), and a Board member of the University of Manchester Aerospace Research Institute. She is also a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, and was a founding Director of Migrant Workers North West.

Further information: www.manufacturinginstitute.co.uk

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