Paul Ross

Paul Ross

Director

Paul was born and educated in the UK and is a qualified mechanical engineer having an extensive background in the construction equipment sector.

Having moved away from the pure engineering discipline, most of his professional career has been spent at a senior management level operating on a global basis, and being closely aligned to business and distribution development, marketing and general management.

Paul has over twenty five years of international experience across a wide range of disciplines, is considered as an Industry expert, and has operated in a number of roles in both private and multi-national companies.

Having joined Caterpillar (UK) Ltd in 2000 he has held several positions within the business including that of a main board Director for over ten years until 2010 . At this time he became a non executive director and still retains this position to date, in addition to other activities. (Caterpillar Inc. has over 11,000 employees in the UK and has a global turnover in excess of $40 billion).

Paul has continued to work with City financial institutions throughout this period and successfully delivered a (£000M) private business acquisition mid 2010 in the industrial sector : his engagement in similar activities continues to date.

In October 2010 Paul was also appointed as a sector director with Ricardo plc , to cover all off highway and commercial vehicle markets . Ricardo is a world leading provider of technology, product innovation, engineering solutions and strategic consulting to the world's industrial ,automotive, transport and energy industries.

Paul is actively involved in the Construction Equipment Association (CEA) covering all UK manufacturers, and holds a UK Board position . He is also the co-Chairman of the International Business Group and actively participates in various other sector related initiatives.