Les Ratcliffe, Jaguar Land Rover’s Head of Community Relations, was appointed MBE for outstanding service to the community in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List.
Les became Head of Community Relations in 1998 and has made a significant, positive impact across JLR operations in the UK, as well as helping shape the company’s corporate social responsibility agenda globally. Working closely across the West Midlands, Coventry, Warwickshire and the North West with organisations such as Business in the Community (BITC), strategic partnerships and the general public, Les has developed a wide-reaching community relations programme which includes business relationships, education, employee volunteering and charitable support.
Les also established JLR’s award-winning Inspiring Tomorrow’s Engineers School STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) programme, which more than 2.9 million children have participated in since 1999…