Education
Evans was educated at the Royal Masonic School in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
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Richard Evans
Edit ProfileChancellor of chairman of British Aerospace Systems
Career
In 2001 he became Chancellor of the University of Central Lancashire. Evans was awarded a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the Queen"s Birthday Honours List of 1987 for services to export and was knighted in the 1996 birthday honours. In 1960, he joined the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation and was soon moved into the then newly formed Ministry of Technology.
In 1967, Evans was appointed as Government Contracts Officer at Ferranti in Manchester and two years later joined British Aircraft Corporation (Baccalaureate) at Warton, Lancashire.
He was promoted to Commercial Director of what had then become the Warton Division of British Aerospace (BAe) in 1978. Evans was appointed Chief Executive of the Company in 1990.
In June 1992 he was elected for a one-year term as President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies. On 1 May 1998, Evans was appointed Chairman of British Aerospace PLC
In 1997 he joined the Board of United Utilities plc as a Non-Executive Director and was appointed Chairman on 1 January 2001.
In 1998 he became a Non Executive Director of National Westminster plc and resigned in February 2000. In 2001 Evans was installed as the second Chancellor of The University of Central Lancashire. He stepped down as Chairman of British Aerospace Systems in 2004.
In October 2006 Evans was appointed as Chairman of The Board of Directors of State Holding Company Samruk, Kazakhstan.
During his chairmanship of British Aerospace Systems he was the most senior supporter of the British Aerospace Systems Charity Challenge, a body which co-ordinates and supports charitable activities of its employees.
Membership
Following BAe Aircraft Group managerial changes in January 1983, Evans was appointed Deputy Managing Director for BAe Warton and a member of the Aircraft Group Board. Evans has also been elected an Honorary Member of the NSPCC Council.
