Jason Watkins

Tuesday, 26 May 2026

Jason has over 30 years of commercial experience. Prior to joining us he was Commercial Director for Prodrive Advanced Technology where he had responsibility for business development, sales & marketing, and programme management, growing revenues through transitioning from smaller R&D projects to larger volume production programs that also included initial R&D.  

Prior to that he was Global President for Test Services at Ricardo Plc responsible for all Engineering, Commercial, Business Development, and Facilities including full P&L responsibility for the Global Test Business. Before joining Ricardo, Jason was Head of Motorsport Business at McLaren Applied Technologies, leading a team that more than doubled revenues within 3 years. Earlier in his career Jason spent 11 years in senior commercial roles at Cosworth Group specialising in combustion engine technology and electronic vehicle control architectures across both mechanical and electronic engineering domains, preceded by 9 years in medical technical instrumentation sales. Jason originally trained as an Electronics Engineer specialising in radio, and microwave technologies before transitioning into his commercial career.