Roy Brown (businessman)

British businessman (1946–2024)

Roy Drysdale Brown, FIMechE, FIET (4 December 1946 – 28 November 2024) was a British engineer and business executive, who served as chairman of the international engineering conglomerate GKN from 2004 until 2012.

Brown attended the independent Tonbridge School. He went to University College London on a GEC scholarship where he gained a BSc in Mechanical Engineering.^[1]

He worked for Unilever from 1974 to 2001, and later became chairman of the Scottish telecommunications company Thus.

Brown joined GKN as a non-executive director in 1996 and became the company's chairman in May 2004.^[2] He was replaced by Michael Turner in May 2012.^[3]

Brown married Carol Wallace in 1978 and they had two sons. He became a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1983, and a Fellow of the IEE (now IET) in 1990.

Brown died on 28 November 2024, at the age of 77.^[4]

References

↑ "Roy Brown, Esq Authorised Biography – Debrett's People of Today, Roy Brown, Esq Profile". www.debretts.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
↑ "Brown lands chairman's seat at GKN". The Telegraph. 27 November 2003. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
↑ "GKN Says Michael Turner To Succeed Roy Brown As Chairman". RTTNews. 24 November 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
↑ "Roy Drysdale Brown". The Telegraph. 4 January 2025. Retrieved 4 January 2025.

Business positions

Preceded by

David Lees

Chairman of GKN
2004 – 2012

Succeeded by

Mike Turner

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