Nick Scheele

Sir Nicholas Scheele (born 3 January 1944) is a former Chancellor of the University of Warwick (he announced his decision to step down from this post in July 2008) and formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Ford Motor Company. Prior to being Chief Operating Officer for Ford, Scheele was responsible for European Operations and has also been Chief Executive of Jaguar, then a Ford subsidiary. Born in Essex, he was educated at Brentwood School (Essex) then went on to St Cuthbert's Society in the University of Durham.

He is 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."

Sir Nicholas is also chairman of the Prince of Wales Business and Environment Committee, and chairs 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. He became a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco in February 2005. He was knighted in 2001 for services to British exports

Academic offices
Preceded by
Shridath Ramphal		 Chancellor of the University of Warwick
2003–2008		 Succeeded by
Richard Lambert
University of Warwick
Academics
Schools and departments
  • Warwick Business School
  • Warwick Manufacturing Group
  • Warwick Medical School
  • Warwick Mathematics Department
Other
  • Manifold
  • Modern Records Centre
  • Pli
  • Warwick Prize for Writing
University
Campus
  • Gibbet Hill Campus
  • Halls of Residence
  • Main Campus
  • Science Park
  • Warwick Arts Centre
  • Westwood Campus
History
  • Coventry College of Education
  • Horticulture Research International
  • National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth
People
  • Academics
  • Alumni
  • Chancellor: Richard Lambert
  • Vice-Chancellor: Nigel Thrift
Commercial activities
  • jobs.ac.uk
  • The National B2B Centre
  • Research
  • Warwick Accommodation
  • Warwick Conferences
Other
  • Academic dress
  • Coull Quartet
  • Lord Rootes Memorial Fund
Student life
  • The Boar
  • Radio Warwick
  • Boat Club
  • Students' Union
  • Symphony Orchestra
  • Warwick International Development Summit
  • Warwick Student Arts Festival (WSAF)
Affiliates
  • AACSB
  • Association of Commonwealth Universities
  • Association of MBAs
  • EQUIS
  • European University Association
  • Hospital of St. Cross, Rugby
  • Russell Group
  • University Hospital Coventry
  • Universities UK
  • Warwick Hospital
  • Category
  • Commons
Persondata
Name Scheele, Nick
Alternative names
Short description Chancellor of the University of Warwick
Date of birth 3 January 1944
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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