Nick Scheele
Sir Nicholas Vernon Scheele
Biography
Born in
Scheele was fluent in German, French and Spanish, which served him well when he became the chairman of Ford of Europe.[4] An advocate of private funding for universities and strong links to business, in an interview for the BBC, he said: "I think in the future, education and industry need to become even more closely linked than they have been historically. As government funding changes, the replacement could well come through private funding from companies, individuals and grant-giving agencies."[5]
Scheele was also chairman of the Prince of Wales Business and Environment Committee, and chaired the manufacturing group of Foresight 2020. Foresight is a UK government programme which aims to identify the UK's future needs and to build bridges between industry, science and government.
Scheele became a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco (BAT) in February 2005.[6]
Honours
Scheele was appointed
Death
He died at the age of 70 on 18 July 2014.[7]
References
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- ^ Nick Scheele obituary, autonews.com, 18 July 2014; retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Smooth Operator at Daily Telegraph", telegraph.co.uk; retrieved 19 July 2014
- ^ "Ford boss: 'Business to fund universities'", bbc.co.uk; accessed 29 July 2014.
- ^ "British American Tobacco".
- ^ Obituary for Sir Nicholas Scheele, freep.com, 18 July 2014; accessed 29 July 2014.