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George Imafidon Recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
19 June 2023
UCL Mechanical Engineering alumnus George Imafidon has been awarded an MBE for services to engineering, technology and young people.
UCL Mechanical Engineering alumnus George Imafidon has been awarded an MBE for services to engineering, technology and young people. After being awarded a First-Class MEng degree in Mechanical Engineering by UCL in 2020, George was selected to join Formula One world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Commission as one of its 14 members.
George is also the co-founder and CEO of the award-winning app Motivez, for which he won the Diana award in 2019, and has chaired the #AB1Million campaign to raise £1 million for the Amos Bursary to ensure opportunities for talented men of African and Caribbean to excel in education and beyond.
In 2022 George won the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Young Engineer of the Year and Sir George Macfarlane Medal for demonstrating excellence in the early stage of his career. He said: “I'm honoured and grateful to receive the MBE for services to engineering, technology and young people. It's been a privilege to use my voice over the last decade for so many of us who feel unseen, opening up trajectories in STEM for communities traditionally far removed from the industry. I really hope this recognition can open more doors for those that are underserved, and goes some way to instilling hope on their journey.”