Career
Graduating from Nottingham University in 1984 with an honours degree in physics, Jonathan Neale began a lengthy career in the commercial and defence aerospace industry. Beginning at Philips Defence Systems, he became a chartered electrical and electronic engineer and went on to lead the advanced development group within the electronic warfare division. He moved to British Aerospace systems in 1991, working as a project design engineer leading major systems projects for commercial aircraft.
Promoted through the company, he became director of operations and support operations at the Manchester and Prestwick Sites and was responsible for aircraft production, customer support and training.
He returned to defence systems and aircraft, taking charge of the Hawk Fast Jet Programme as managing director 1999. Neale joined Racing as operations director in 2001 to oversee the race team"s operations and engineering processes.
He was appointed the company"s managing director in 2004. Neale is currently a fellow of the Institute of Directors and occupies a principal role within the organisation, managing overall technical and operational strategy for the whole team
