The Eagle Team

Henry Pearman

CEO

Henry founded Eagle E-Types in 1984, inspired by his life-long passion for this iconic Jaguar. You'll deal directly with Henry if you're interested in an E-Type from Eagle.

Paul Brace

Director

Paul developed the Eagle E-Type and subsequent Special Editions and is responsible for all the technical and design work including the Speedster. Paul joined Henry in 1989 and built the first dozen Eagles.

Matthew Dewhurst

Director

Matthew built the first dozen Eagle bodyshells and now oversees staff and production as well as being responsible for all aspects of trimwork. He joined Eagle in 1989. 

John McLaren

Non-Executive Chairman

John is a novelist, a former diplomat, and a corporate adviser who sits on the board of several companies in the US and Europe. He commissioned and still owns Eagle No.1. 

Steve Head

Steve assembles the Eagle E-Type, the Speedster and the Low Drag GT and coordinates the Eagle assembly programme. He joined Eagle in 2001.

Andy Pitwell

Andy is our highly-skilled fabricator and hand produces our extensive range of bespoke parts and components. He joined Eagle in 2001.

Larry Crane

Larry has a life-long pedigree in the bodyshop and is responsible for all aspects of E-Type body reconstruction and restoration.He joined Eagle in 2005.

Rachel May

Rachel is our organisational superstar, dealing with customer liaison, parts, queries and everything that helps things run smoothly.

Gregg May

Gregg has an in-depth classic car background and widespread mechanical knowledge. He joined Eagle in 2005 and primarily assembles the full restorations.

Tim Wharton

Tim joined us with extensive Jaguar and Aston Martin experience and specialises in applying enhancements to E-Types in our service department. 

Tim Taylor-Medhurst

Tim is a key member of the Eagle service team. He is both an experienced race mechanic and classic car restorer - with Le Mans experience to boot.

Daniel Cogger

Daniel works in sales and client communications for Eagle. He has a genuine enthusiasm for the Jaguar E-Type and extensive knowledge of classic cars.

Alex Collishaw

Alex has gained wide experience from working across our mechanical departments - making him a very valuable member of the Eagle service team.

Jake Snedden

Jake has worked across the departments at Eagle and developed a wide range of skills and knowledge. He is now settled in the build shop helping assemble Eagle E-Types.

Darren Garner

Darren has over twenty years experience working to the very highest standards of automotive restoration and is now predominantly focused on metalwork and paintwork. Darren co-runs the body and paint department.

James Salmon

James has ten years experience in prestige automotive paintwork. He co-manages the department and applies his considerable expertise in painting our range of E-Types.

Rory Bishop

Rory is a key member of our metal work shop and joined us with over ten years of high end fabrication and restoration experience. He constructs our steel bodied E-Type shells.

Ryan Thompson

Ryan is a Senior Master Technician Panel Beater with 21 years in the industry, 19 of those with a main dealer. He is a valuable member of the bodyshop team.

Simon Welch

Simon has a lifelong passion for the E-Type and has owned several over the years. He runs our parts department and takes care of site management.

Chris Thorpe

Chris served his engineering apprenticeship at Crosthwaite and Gardiner before moving into motorsport with Jota and then onto the Mclaren F1 department.

Sam Bruce

Sam has had an interesting upbringing in the classic car industry - even working at a Los Angeles motor museum. Now at Eagle he is working through each department, learning the Eagle way of doing things.

Joanna Ruff

Jo is our internal accountant and a car enthusiast.  She enjoys the views from her window on handover days, and one day hopes to have her own Eagle.