Department staff
Richard Parry-Jones FREng FIMechE
Visiting Professor and Fellow
Tel +44 (0)1327 702172
Background
- First Class Honours Degree in Mechanical Engineering – Salford University
- 1969-2007
- Ford Motor Company – various positions in Product development and Engineering
- Chairman of Supervisory Board Ford Germany
- Chairman Mazda Advisory Board
- Chief Technical Officer and Vice President Global Product Development, Ford Motor Company
- 2008 to date
- Managing Director of RPJ Consulting Services Limited – an engineering consultancy company with a blue chip client portfolio
- Managing Director of RPJ Consulting Services Limited – an engineering consultancy company with a blue chip client portfolio
External Activities
- Named Man of the Year in 1994 by the top British publication Autocar and in 1997 by the U.S. magazine Automobile
- In 2001 received the Golden Gear Award for outstanding automotive achievement from the Washington Automotive Press Association
- In 2005 awarded a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in The Queen's New Year honours list for services to the automobile industry
- In 2006 awarded an honorary Doctorate by Cranfield University for work in engineering methods development
- Holds honorary doctorates at Bangor and Swansea Universities
- Pro Chancellor at Loughborough University
- Fellow of The Institute of Mechanical Engineering
- Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering
- Chair of the Ministerial Advisory Group of the Welsh Assembly Government
- Co-chair of the UK Automotive Council, jointly with BIS Secretary of State Vince Cable
- Non executive director of several companies