Susan Mary Lyons (born September 1952) is a British engineer who was the ''Managing Director, Defence (Europe)'' at British aerospace company

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from 1998 to 2001. Lyons has been awarded an

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for services to aero engineering.

Education and career

Lyons studied Production Engineering and Production Management at the

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, graduating in 1975. After graduating, she began working as an engineer at Rolls-Royce, where she initially served until 1986. She then worked at ''Precision Castparts Corporation'' for three years, before returning to Rolls Royce. From 1998 to 2001 Lyons held the position of managing director, Defence (Europe). She also held the position of non-executive director of

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, Investis Digital (beginning in 2001) and was a director at several other British aerospace companies. Lyons retired from her professional career in 2007.

Recognition

In 1997 Lyons was elected a

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of the

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and in 1998 was awarded an

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(OBE) for services to aero engineering. Other recognition includes being shortlisted for the 1997 Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year award and winning the 1999 ''European Woman of Achievement'' award in the Business category. Lyons is a

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in ''Principles of Engineering Design'' at

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References

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