New Chief Technical Officer Appointed at HORIBA MIRA
World-leader in advanced automotive engineering, research, development and testing, HORIBA MIRA, has appointed Graeme Stewart as its new Chief Technical Officer.
Graeme joins HORIBA MIRA as part of the Executive Team and takes overall responsibility for the technical strategy, implementation and delivery.
All of HORIBA MIRA’s Engineering, Testing, Connected and Autonomous Vehicle and Vehicle Resilience teams now report in to Graeme, and he will be leading the teams ensuring the business continues to excel in customer delivery.
Graeme brings with him a wealth of engineering experience; most recently holding the position of Programme Management Director at Ricardo Automotive Division, a Board member role responsible for programme management and delivery of all projects against time, quality, customer satisfaction, budget and cash performance targets.
Prior to this, Graeme was Managing Director of the Ricardo Vehicle Systems Business Unit where he had full commercial performance, sales and project delivery responsibility. He also spent 10 years at Visteon, culminating in his role as Business and Product Development Manager.
Speaking of his appointment, Graeme said
“It’s a very exciting time to be joining HORIBA MIRA. Not only does it operate with its people, culture and values at its heart but its long-term vision through investment in engineering, R&D and facilities has been clearly demonstrated, and enabled further, by being part of the HORIBA family.”
He added:
“Automotive technology is evolving rapidly in disciplines such as cybersecurity, electrification and CAV. HORIBA MIRA is at the forefront of this, adding value to its customers by leveraging the synergies between its engineering and testing business, alongside R&D. The team here is working incredibly hard to ensure vehicles of the future are safer, cleaner and smarter and I’m hugely optimistic as to how we can meet our customers’ needs in these areas of emerging technology.”
Graeme joins HORIBA MIRA as the final member of the new executive team, assembled by Declan Allen after his appointment to Managing Director in April 2018. Graeme joins Declan alongside Tim Nathan, Chief Operating Officer, Miller Crockart, Chief Commercial Officer and Geoff Davies, Chief Strategy Officer.
Declan Allen said:
“Graeme’s vast automotive experience alongside his vehicle and programme knowledge, will be key to continuing our development as a world-leading automotive product development and services brand. We’re at an exciting point of change with a new executive team in place and I have no doubt that he will successfully lead his team to further deliver exceptional service for our customers globally.”“Automotive technology is evolving rapidly in disciplines such as cybersecurity, electrification and CAV. HORIBA MIRA is at the forefront of this, adding value to its customers by leveraging the synergies between its engineering and testing business, alongside R&D. The team here is working incredibly hard to ensure vehicles of the future are safer, cleaner and smarter and I’m hugely optimistic as to how we can meet our customers’ needs in these areas of emerging technology.”
Graeme holds a first-class BEng in Mechanical Engineering from Queen’s University Belfast, an MSc in Energy Technology from Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland and a qualification in Leading Professional Services Firms from Harvard Business School, USA.
