Decisions at 18 2010 - Flexibility for careers of the future20 April 2010 - 22 April 2010

Sir Alan Jones

Presenter Organisation

SEMTA

Presenter Job

Chair

Sessions & Workshops

How education and employers can work together to support young people

Biography

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 the first overseas Managing Officer of Toyota Motor Corporation Japan, Executive Vice-President Manufacturing Group at Toyota Motor Europe and Chairman of Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited.

Currently he is Senior Executive advisor to Toyota Motor Europe and Chairman Emeritus of Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Limited.

Previously, he was a founding Director and then Chairman of the SMMT/SBAC Industry Forum, a company focused on Business efficiency improvement and sustainability

In April 2006 he took responsibility for the Chairmanship of Semta (Science, Engineering, Manufacturing, Technologies Alliance).   Alan is an Apprenticeship Ambassador.

Alan believes UK industry and its total supply base can 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.