Elizabeth Laverick OBE FIEE FInstP (25 November 1925 – 12 January 2010) was a British engineer who became technical director of Elliott Automation Radar Systems.

There was an age barrier to attending university at this time so after completing her A levels, Laverick took a job as a technical assistant in the Civil Service at the Radio Research Station in Ditton Park.

[5] Laverick remained at Durham as a research assistant for a year, and was then hired by Sir Robert Clayton at GEC Stanmore (Marconi Defence Systems Ltd.) where she worked as a microwave engineer.

At this time there were five or six female mathematicians, physicists and engineers at GEC Stanmore, alongside several hundred male employees.

[9] Seeking a career change Laverick applied for and became the first female deputy secretary of the Institution of Electrical Engineers in 1971, a role she held for 14 years.