Dr Richard Parry-Jones, CBE, FREng

Career: engr; Ford Motor Co: joined 1969, mangr Small Car Programs 1982, exec engr Technological Research in Europe 1985, responsible for Vehicle Concepts 1986, dir Vehicle Concepts Engrg USA 1988, i/c Mfrg Ops Cologne Germany 1990, chief engr Vehicle Engrg 1991, vice-pres Small and Medium Car Vehicle Centre Europe 1994-97, vice-pres Global Product Devpt 1998-2007, chief technical offr 2001-07; technol, environment and transport conslt 2007-; non-exec dir GKN plc 2008-; visiting prof Dept of Aeronautical and Automative Engrg Loughborough Univ 2001; memb: Engineering Technology Board (ETB), Advsy Bd Warwick Business Sch, Int Advsy Cncl Int Mgmnt Bd (IMB); Man of the Year Autocar 1994, Man of the Year Automobile USA 1997, Golden Gear Award Washington Automative Press Assoc 2001, Marketing Statesman of the Year Sales and Marketing Execs of Detroit 2001; Hon Dr Loughborough Univ 1995; FREng 1997, FIMechE