Background
Lindley, David was born on June 26, 1939. Son of William and Millicent (Caine) Lindley.
Lindley, David was born on June 26, 1939. Son of William and Millicent (Caine) Lindley.
Bachelor of Science, University Salford, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wales, 1966. Certified advanced engineering design, University Cambridge, 1967.
Apprentice, manager Pump Experimental Department Mather & Platt Ltd., Manchester, England, 1955-1963. Head Turbo Machinery Aerothermodynamics Department Central Electricity Generating Board, 1967-1970. Senior lecturer mechanical engineering University Canterbury, New Zealand, 1970-1978.
Manager Energy Systems Group Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology, 1975-1976. Managing director Wind Energy Group Ltd., 1979-1991. Director Taylor Woodrow plc Group of Companies, 1984-1991.
Managing director National Wind Power Ltd., Buckinghamshire, England, 1991-1996, Lindley Associates Ltd., Buckinghamshire, since 1996. Chairman Ocean Power Delivery Ltd., 2002—2005. Director Knights of Pythias Renewables plc, London, 2004—2007, Pelamis Wave Power Ltd., 2006—2009.
Chairman British Wind Energy Association, 1982, 94. Member Advisory Council for Research and Development for Fuel and Power, 1986—1992, Advisory Council SAM Private Equity Sustainability Fund II, Switzerland, since 2006. Director, president European Wind Energy Association, 1986—1989.
Member Renewable Energy Advisory Group, London, 1991—1992. Visiting professor Loughborough University of Technology, 1994—2003, University Nottingham, 1997—2003. Royal Academy Engineering visiting professor De Montfort University, since 1994.
Academician The Russian International Higher Education Academy of Sciences, 1994. Member education program executive board The Royal Academy Engineering, since 2000.
Member advisory council SAM Private Equity Sustainability Fund II, Switzerland, since 2006. Fellow: Royal Meteorological Society, Royal Academy Engineering, Institution Mechanical Engineers, Royal Society Arts, Manufacture and Commerce. Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.
Married Dorothy Tumock, July 14, 1962. Children: Simon David(deceased), Nicolas Rhys, Jonathan Peter, Sarah Jane.