Mohammed Saddiq, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset

Mohammed has held senior engineering and executive positions in the utility, technology and sustainability sectors. He is an Associate Fellow of the Institution of Chemical Engineers, a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and a Chartered Member of the Institution of Environmental Sciences. In 2020 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West of England for enhancing the sustainable development of Bristol.

He is the Chair of the Bristol Climate and Nature Partnership, one of the largest sustainable membership organisations in Europe. A champion for social inclusion, he is the founding Chair of Bristol Future Talent Partnership. He is the former Deputy Chair of the Board of Trustees at Bristol University and held several trustee roles in health care and education.

At the end of 2021 Mohammed was appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Somerset and in October 2022 he became Lord-Lieutenant.

The Lord-Lieutenant’s Patronages include:

• Somerset Community Foundation
• Somerset Day
• High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust
• Bath Royal Commonwealth Society
• Wells Cathedral Choristers Trust
• Somerset Playing Fields Association
• Somerset and Dorset MSSC
• ABF The Soldiers’ Charity
• Bath Inter Faith Group
• Somerset YFC
• Somerset Sight