Rodney Ayre

Senior Manager

Rodney Ayre

Mitsubishi Electric

Rodney Ayre joined Mitsubishi Electric in 1998 and is the Senior Department Manager responsible for manufacturing activities at the sites in West Lothian. Previously he was a manager with British Rail working on the development of the Heathrow Express Rail link and a project engineer in the manufacturing of freight rolling stock for the Channel Tunnel. He is a Chartered Engineer, Fellow of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), past President of Scottish Engineering, former chair of the Japanese Business Council in Europe Group, a board member of West Lothian Chamber of Commerce, chair of the Develop Scotland Young Workforce Group for West Lothian, member of the Strategic Leadership Group for Manufacturing within Scottish Government and President of the Scottish Chamber of Commerce.