Alan joined Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited at its
inception in 1990 as Manufacturing Director and became Toyota’s
first local Managing Director in April 2001.
In June 2003, Alan was named Chairman of Toyota Motor
Manufacturing (UK) Limited, Executive Vice-President at Toyota
Motor Engineering & Manufacturing Europe and Managing Officer
of Toyota Motor Corporation Japan.
Following the legal merger of Toyota Motor Europe, Toyota Motor
Marketing Europe and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing in
October 2005, Alan assumed the position of Executive
Vice-President, Manufacturing Group, Toyota Motor Europe.
Currently he is Senior Executive advisor to Toyota Motor Europe
and Chairman Emeritus of Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK)
Limited.
In April 2006 he took responsibility for the Chairmanship of
Semta (Science, Engineering, Manufacturing, Technologies Alliance).
Sir Alan is also the Employer Champion for 14-19 Diplomas.
Alan is focused on encouraging UK industry and its total supply
base to improve their worldwide competitiveness from a platform of
shop floor excellence and technical development, based on
progressive education and training with a strong science
engineering focus.