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Martin Earwicker

Director, National Museum of Science and Industry

Martin Earwicker became Director of the National Museum and Science and Industry in May 2006.

He was Chief Executive of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) from 2001-2006. Dstl is the largest public sector research establishment in the UK with over 3‚500 staff‚ a turnover of £350 million and is an integral part of the Ministry of Defence. Prior to this he was Head of Science and Engineering at the Office of Science and Technology where he led the team‚ under the Director General of the Research Councils‚ managing the university science budget‚ developing science policy for Ministers and stewardship of the Research Councils.

Martin was‚ previously‚ a Managing Director of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency with particular responsibility for the 2000 staff working on operational research‚ electronics and sensors. In addition‚ he held the post of Director General in the Ministry of Defence where he was the technical approving authority for MoD’s acquisition programmes. From 1991 to 1993‚ Martin held a variety of senior management posts in the Defence Research Agency as director of aircraft systems and director operational studies. He led the flight systems and air weapons research departments in the Royal Aerospace Establishment from 1989 to 1991. He was Director Science (Sea) in MoD from 1986 to 1989.

Martin graduated from the University of Surrey‚ having read Physics‚ in 1970 from where he joined the Ministry of Defence. His early career concentrated on research on sonar‚ signal processing and submarine systems.

Martin is a Chartered Physicist and a Chartered Engineer. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Physics‚ and a Member of the Institute of Directors. He won the A B Wood medal and Prize of the Institute of Acoustics in 1984. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2000 and elected Companion of the Chartered Management Institute in 2005.

He has been a Council member‚ trustee and finance committee member of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He is also a member of the South East Science‚ Engineering and Technology Advisory Council of SEEDA‚ on the advisory board of the School of Electronics and Physical Sciences of the University of Surrey and the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Imperial College. Martin is a visiting Professor at Imperial College‚ London.

The National Museum of Science and Industry – comprises the Science Museum in London, National Railway Museum in York and National Media Museum in Bradford.