John Baragwanath OBE,
John's first career was in the Royal Air Force, where he specialised in radar and communications engineering. Following this he worked in the Middle East for International Air Radio where he was the chief engineer on a long range 3D radar site.He joined the Department of Trade &
Industry in 1990 and held a variety of posts mainly focused on assisting industry.
He was awarded an OBE in 2004 for services to the Government Office. The AMRC with
Boeing was one of many regionally significant projects for which John was
responsible when headed the Regional Innovation Unit in the Government Office
for Yorkshire & the Humber.
On retiring from the DTI in October 2005 he
joined the AMRC, as Projects Director, later that month.
John has been married to his wife, Carol,
for 41 years and has three sons.
