Professor Stephen McArthur was appointed Principal & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Strathclyde in 2025. He is an internationally recognised expert in AI, data science, and decision support for energy systems and smart grids. He has a significant track record in creating and leading academic interdisciplinary research, knowledge exchange and innovation programmes and centres.
Professor McArthur won the 2021 IEEE Richard Harold Kaufmann Award for outstanding contributions in industrial systems engineering, “for innovative contributions to the advancement of intelligent systems for power engineering applications”.
As co-founder and CTO of Bellrock Technology, he oversees Deckchair.ai – an advanced data analytics product used across multiple industry sectors. He is also a member of the board of Scottish Enterprise and a member of the National Energy System Operator (NESO) Engineering Advisory Council.
Professor McArthur is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET).