Professor Hongbiao Dong is a Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering, the President of Association of British Chinese Professors (ABCP), an outstanding engineer who has made pioneering and significant contributions in numerical modelling of metal processing and digital transformation of metal industry. He is the Deputy Head and Director of Research of the School of Engineering at Leicester, a Director of EPSRC Doctoral Training Centre in Innovative Metal Processing at Leicester. He is internationally renowned for modelling work and its application in metals and manufacturing. His research aims to bring knowledge-inspired decision making to the production routes of high value-added engineering structures, such as aero-engine components, deep-sea oil and gas transport systems. He successfully led a major European project on modelling of advanced welding. He chaired STFC-ISIS Engineering User Committee and a member of Steering Committee of the European Materials Modelling Council, a recipient of the Metrology for World Class Manufacturing award and a Royal Society Industry Fellow at Rolls-Royce Precision Casting Facility. His work has been exploited in various sectors, including in aerospace, energy, transport and steel sectors. He has played a key role in establishing international partnerships between UK and China, India and South Africa.