Neville Jackson Email Address

Chairman

Global engineering, environmental and strategic consultancy.

Neville Jackson is Chair of the RAC Foundation, the Institute for Digital Engineering and a non-executive Director of the UK Advanced Propulsion Centre where he also chairs the Industry Advisory Board. He held the position of Chief Technology & Innovation Officer for Ricardo plc from 2009 to 2019, moving to this position from the Technology Director for Ricardo UK Ltd, a position he held since 2000. He was responsible for developing the future global vision of automotive and energy technology at Ricardo and for the strategy and future direction of research and development. A graduate of Imperial College, London, his career included 37 years at Ricardo focused on research and technology demonstration programmes covering advanced combustion engines, hybrid systems and energy recovery technologies. He has produced over 150 technical papers, keynote presentations or invited lectures in the US, Europe and the Far East. He also holds a number of voluntary roles including Deputy Chair of the UK Automotive Council Technology Group. He is a member of the UK RAC Foundation Public Policy Committee and a visiting Professor at the University of Brighton. He was a founder board member of the European Automotive Research Partners Association and Vice Chairman from 2002 to 2008. He was also an elected Vice Chairman of the European Road Transport Research Advisory Council (ERTRAC) from 2009 to 2019 which is focused on the future vision of European road transport and the priority areas for the Framework R&D support programme. He was also a member of the advisory board for the European Green Vehicle Initiative.