Professional Appointments

  • Elected member of Design and Art Directors Association (DADA) 1966.
  • Executive Management Committee member 1973/75. President in 1985/86.
  • Elected Fellow of the Chartered Society of Designers (CSD) 1978.
  • CSD Council Member 1981, Treasurer 1982/84 and President 1988/90.
  • Fellow Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), elected 1978.
  • Member of the board of Management of the Design Management Institute, Boston – 1990/92. Inducted into the DMI Hall of Fame 2001
  • Trustee, Cartoon Trust, London – 1990/96.
  • Honorary Member, since 1991 of the Association of USA Professional Design Firms (APDF).
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal College of Art 1990.
  • Visiting Professor at Rotterdam Hoegenschool Academy (Holland). Course Supervisor 'Retail Communications M.A.', 1997 – 2010.
  • Inducted into the Legion of Honor and Hall of Fame of the American Institute of Design 2005.
  • Nominated for Prince Philip Designer of the Year 2006.
  • Inaugural Design President – Cannes Lions Festival 2007
  • Honorary Fellow, University of the Arts, London (UAL) 2008
  • Elected Artworkers Guild of Great Britain 2009
  • Inaugural Design President, Lions Spikes Asia Advertising and Marketing Festival, Singapore 2009
  • Professor, Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE), Delft University (Holland) 2009
  • Inaugural Design President – Dubai Lynx Festival Dubai 2010
  • Honorary Doctorate, Virginia Commonwealth University (Qatar), Richmond USA 2010
  • Lifetime Achievement Awarded, BCFA 2013
  • Honorary Fellow, British Institute of Interior Design 2014

Public Appointments

  • St Martins School of Art
    Governor 1980/86. Member Discipline and Academic Committees
  • Art Colleges Foundation Committee
    Deputy Chairman 1986/89.
  • University of the Arts, London (formerly The London Institute)
    Deputy Chairman of the Court of Governors 1989 – 2009. Chairman of the Finance Committee 1997-2005, member Personnel/Estates Conferments Committees. 1989 – 05, member Development committee 2005-2009.
    Public Orator for Annual Conferment Ceremonies at the UAL. 1998 – 2009
  • Royal College of Art
    Member of Council 1988/94. Member and Chairman of Finance committee 1989/93.
  • The Design Council
    Member of Council 1987/94
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
    Trustee 1990/2001 with special responsibility for V&A Enterprises and contemporary collecting.
    Board member of V&A Enterprises 1994. Chairman 2002 – 13
    Board member of The Wellington Museum at Apsley House 1998/2001.
  • Member of the Board, The City of London Festival of the Arts
    1997/2002
  • Non exec director of various privately held companies including:
    Morgan Furniture (hospitality furniture), Missouri Creative (Branding Strategies)
    Oddizzi (start up online education)
  • Awarded CBE 1990 "for service to design."