Statement: 10 years spent working in industry (Rolls Royce) followed by 30 years as a chartered engineer working for the UK Ministry of Defence as a weapons engineer. Twenty of those years spent overseas in France and the USA, including 12 years as a UK diplomat (6 years as a scientific attaché in Paris and six years as head of the Ballistic Missile Defence office in Washington). Final six years prior to end of career spent in Paris working as an advisor to the French Ministry of defence on strategic issues. Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Name: Eur Ing Arthur OWEN BSc FCIL
City: Caillac
Country: France
Native language(s): ENGLISH
Language(s) of qualification: FRENCH
CIOL number: 26043
Membership number (pre-Autumn 2016): 017791
Membership grade: Fellow
Membership status: Current
Telephone number: +33 565 230 454
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