12 Facts About Jonathan Neale

Jonathan Neale was born on 19 August 1962 and is a British businessman and the chief operating officer of McLaren Group.

Jonathan Neale has a physics degree from the University of Nottingham, is a member of the Council for the Foundation for Science and Technology based at The Royal Society, London.

Jonathan Neale is a fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology.

Jonathan Neale joined BAE Systems in 1991 as a project design engineer and remained there until joining McLaren Formula One team in 2001.

In November 2021, Jonathan Neale joined RF and microwave equipment manufacturer Filtronic as non-executive chairman.

Jonathan Neale began his career in engineering at Philips Electronics Defence Systems in Crawley, West Sussex in 1984.

In 1999, Jonathan Neale became programme director for the BAE Systems Hawk Jet.

In 2001 Jonathan Neale joined the McLaren Racing Formula One team as Operations Director.

In 2005, Jonathan Neale became managing director of the McLaren Racing F1 team, culminating in a 2008 World Championship win with Lewis Hamilton in the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes MP4 23.

Jonathan Neale went on to hold the position acting chief executive of McLaren Racing In 2015.

Jonathan Neale represented the team at the Formula 1 strategy Group and spent time with Honda's F1 Racing Programme In Japan.

In November 2021 it was announced that Jonathan Neale had joined Filtronic as non-executive chairman.