Bill Wakeham

Sir William Arnot Wakeham FREng[1] (born 25 September 1944[2]) is a British chemical engineer.

Wakeham received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in physics at Exeter University.

John Denham MP invited him to chair a review of UK physics[5] which reported in October 2008.

He is a member of the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) and chairs their Resource Audit Committee.

[3][9] He is a Touloukian Medal holder from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1997) and holds honorary degrees from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Exeter University,[10] Loughborough University[11] He married Christina Marjorie Stone in 1969 and they had one son.