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Jonathan Neale
Jonathan Neale (born 19 August 1962) is a British businessman and the chief operating officer of McLaren Group. Neale's responsibilities as part of the executive management team include infrastructure development, information technology, facilities management as well as holding a number of statutory directorships.
Neale has a background in physics and aerospace. He has a physics degree from the University of Nottingham, is a member of the Council for the Foundation for Science and Technology based at The Royal Society, London. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Initially starting his career at Philips Electronics Defence Systems in 1984, Neale worked as an engineer on electronic semiconductor research and software projects, including microwave technology, antennas and low noise amplifiers for defence systems.
Neale joined BAE Systems in 1991 as a project design engineer and remained there until joining McLaren Formula One team in 2001. During his time at BAE Systems, he worked on a broad range of commercial and defence projects, across functions from engineering, production, flight operations, sales and customer support in sites at Manchester, Prestwick, Brough and Warton.
Joining McLaren Formula One team in 2001 as operations director, Neale oversaw the team go from strength to strength, with his role as managing director marked by the F1 World Championship win for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton, in 2008. His career at McLaren Group continued with his appointment in 2016 as chief operating officer.
In November 2021, Neale joined RF and microwave equipment manufacturer Filtronic as non-executive chairman.
Neale began his career in engineering at Philips Electronics Defence Systems in Crawley, West Sussex in 1984. Work included designing semiconductor integrated circuits for high-speed digital signal processing applications, before moving on to the advanced development and research unit responsible for technology to detect missiles for ships and submarines.
It wasn't until joining BAE Systems in 1991 that Neale became more involved with the commercial aspects of engineering and manufacture. Initially starting out as a project design engineer, he worked to deliver production-line based projects to the Advanced Turboprop and Regional Jet products, before moving to Prestwick, Scotland, where he managed turboprop aircraft production and final assembly.
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Jonathan Neale
Jonathan Neale (born 19 August 1962) is a British businessman and the chief operating officer of McLaren Group. Neale's responsibilities as part of the executive management team include infrastructure development, information technology, facilities management as well as holding a number of statutory directorships.
Neale has a background in physics and aerospace. He has a physics degree from the University of Nottingham, is a member of the Council for the Foundation for Science and Technology based at The Royal Society, London. He is also a fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.
Initially starting his career at Philips Electronics Defence Systems in 1984, Neale worked as an engineer on electronic semiconductor research and software projects, including microwave technology, antennas and low noise amplifiers for defence systems.
Neale joined BAE Systems in 1991 as a project design engineer and remained there until joining McLaren Formula One team in 2001. During his time at BAE Systems, he worked on a broad range of commercial and defence projects, across functions from engineering, production, flight operations, sales and customer support in sites at Manchester, Prestwick, Brough and Warton.
Joining McLaren Formula One team in 2001 as operations director, Neale oversaw the team go from strength to strength, with his role as managing director marked by the F1 World Championship win for McLaren, with Lewis Hamilton, in 2008. His career at McLaren Group continued with his appointment in 2016 as chief operating officer.
In November 2021, Neale joined RF and microwave equipment manufacturer Filtronic as non-executive chairman.
Neale began his career in engineering at Philips Electronics Defence Systems in Crawley, West Sussex in 1984. Work included designing semiconductor integrated circuits for high-speed digital signal processing applications, before moving on to the advanced development and research unit responsible for technology to detect missiles for ships and submarines.
It wasn't until joining BAE Systems in 1991 that Neale became more involved with the commercial aspects of engineering and manufacture. Initially starting out as a project design engineer, he worked to deliver production-line based projects to the Advanced Turboprop and Regional Jet products, before moving to Prestwick, Scotland, where he managed turboprop aircraft production and final assembly.