Dame Dowling

Dame Ann Dowling is Senior Independent Director at Smiths Group Plc since 2025.
Current roles include Non-Executive Director at the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy; Associate at the National Academy of Engineering, French Academy of Sciences, and Chinese Academy of Engineering; Member of the Council for Science & Technology; and Trustee of The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation.
Former positions include President & Chairman of the Royal Academy of Engineering from 2014 to 2019, Independent Non-Executive Director at BP Plc from 2015 to 2021, Non-Executive Director at the United Kingdom Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, and Professor & Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Cambridge from 2014 to 2025.
Education includes undergraduate and doctorate degrees from the University of Cambridge.