John Fox

Programme Director

Midlands Future Mobility - WMG

John Fox is a Chartered Engineer with a decade of experience in the Aerospace Industry, now working at Warwick Manufacturing Group leading the ‘Midlands Future Mobility’ Connected and Automated Mobility Testing and Trialling Environment.

Across lead roles with Rolls-Royce and General Electric, John has international experience of Safety-Critical Systems, Software and Hardware design, development and testing.

John spent 18 months working in the Energy industry prior to joining WMG in early 2019, building a Business Model Innovation Practice to support businesses testing new business models in order to beat the infamous ‘innovation valley of death’.

In Midlands Future Mobility, John and the team are building a world-class on-road test capability for Connected and Automated Mobility solutions, which will run as a self-sustaining business following completion of the build phase. The programme is a powerful combination of academia, regional authorities, comms, infrastructure and vehicle test businesses coming together to build a unique ecosystem in the West Midlands of the UK.

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