Neil Jenkins is the Chairman of Gibbs Technologies.

Neil Jenkins has a background firmly rooted in engineering and business management. He distinguished himself working for British Aerospace on the high-performance Tornado fighter-jet and the Advanced Tactical Fighter project. Whilst at British Aerospace, Neil was a Principal Engineer and Project Manager on the Eurosat, Immarsat and L-Sat satellite projects along with the Hughes Aircraft Company, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and a variety of European Aerospace companies.

Beyond aerospace, Jenkins was a Senior Research Engineer at Leyland Vehicles plc, working on a number of advanced vehicle projects and concepts. He was also Business Unit Manager of Pilkington Bros. Plc where he was heavily involved with a variety of defence vehicle projects.

In 1989, Jenkins established Loades Design, a vehicle design company, as part of Loades plc where he managed projects such as design, engineering, tooling and manufacture of vehicles such as the Jaguar XJ220, Aston Martin DB7 Cabriolet, MGRV8, RR Limousines and concepts for DAF Trucks, JCB and Military 4WD vehicles.

In 1994, Jenkins established his own company specialising in lightweight vehicle technology, Krafthaus. Customers included Pininfarina, Rolls Royce, Rover (MG), Land Rover and Norsk Hydro. He merged his business with Gibbs Technologies in 1999.

Neil Jenkins is a Chartered Professional Engineer and a member of the Society of Engineers.

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