Who's Who
Executive Committee
IPS Fellows
FELLOWSHIP of the Institute ('FIPS') can be awarded at the discretion of the Executive Committee following nominations from members (including existing Fellows).
To qualify for consideration for Fellowship of the Institute, a person must be:
"Operationally outstanding in their area and/or have performed a long, honourable and highly regarded service to the IPS and/or to Professional Sound"
Chris Woolf
Chris began as a Technical Operator with the BBC, when 600 ohm resistors were mandatory, and “digital” meant counting on your fingers.
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Harold Kutscherauer
A sound supervisor in BBC Radio outside broadcasts. Always known as “Kutsch”, Harold was…
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Hugh Barker
Hugh joined the BBC in 1954 and became a TV sound supervisor, renowned in the LE field.
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Vivienne Dyer
Vivienne Dyer began working at Rycote in 1985 when the company was run by its founder, John Gozzard and a mere handful of employees.
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Graham Haines
Graham joined the BBC from university and moved into BBC TV Outside Broadcasts in 1964, quickly establishing an…
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Mick Sawaguchi
Mick (Masaki) Sawaguchi graduated in 1971 in electronics from the Chiba Institute of Technology in Tokyo and joined NHK
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David Meares
David Meares graduated from Salford University and joined the BBC’s Research Department in 1968.
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Adrian Kerridge
When he retired as chairman of the Lansdowne group of studios in may 2010 Adrian had been 58 years in the business
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Ron Godwyn
After a long career in the recording industry Ron became the original editor of the Institute’s journal Line Up.
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