At Session II of its 108th meeting (October 2019), the CIPM decided that it would bestow honorary membership on Dr Barry Inglis in recognition of his accomplishments as the President of the CIPM. These accomplishments had an impact across the organization.

Dr Inglis was a member of the CIPM from 2000 to 2019 and served as President of the CIPM for eight years from 2011 to 2019. In addition, Dr Inglis had been President of the Consultative Committee for Electricity and Magnetism (CCEM) from 2003 to 2015 and Vice-President of the CIPM from 2002 to 2011.

During his time as President of the CIPM, Dr Inglis led the organization through two meetings of the General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM). He led the CIPM through the governance review and subsequent launch of the reform of its processes. His work in coordinating the work of the CIPM with its Consultative Committees and the global NMI community led to the successful adoption of revised definitions for the SI units in 2018. The CIPM acknowledged that Dr Inglis always took a strategic and long-term view of the impact of the CIPM on world metrology.