Isobel Pollock-Hulf

Pollock is the daughter of Wilson and Margaret Pollock, she was educated at Dalriada School, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland and then attended Imperial College in London graduating in 1976.^[1] Subsequently, she became a Chartered Engineer (CEng) in 1981.^[1]

Pollock worked for ICI in Huddersfield for 10 years before moving to Leeds company DuPont Howson and then Rotherham company Beatson Clark^[2][3]

A long time member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Pollock has held several roles within the institute and was elected as a Fellow of the Institution (FIMechE) in 1991 before becoming President of the Institution in 2012–2013.^[4] Pollock was chair of the Institution's Heritage Committee when it was founded in 2007 and was responsible for relaunching the Engineering Heritage Awards.^[5]

Since 2006 Pollock has been the Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting professor in Engineering and Design at the University of Leeds.^[6]

Pollock has been a member of the Science and Technology Advisory Council which provides independent strategic advice, challenge and support to the National Physical Laboratory since 2015.^[7]

Pollock is a patron of the Women's Engineering Society^[8] and was Master of the Worshipful Company of Engineers for 2016–17^[9]

For services to mechanical engineering Pollock was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2014 Queen's Birthday Honours.^[10]

As well as being a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Pollock is also a Fellow of City and Guilds of London Institute (FCGI) and has been a Freeman of the City of London since 2002.^[4]

Pollock has been awarded Honorary doctorates from the University of Huddersfield in 2004^[11] and the University of Leeds in 2016.^[12] She was awarded the Sir Harold Hartley medal by the Institute of Measurement and Control in 2013.^[13] Pollock was awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Institution of Engineering and Technology in 2016.^[14]