The Eagle Team
Meet the dedicated team behind the Eagle E-Type, the Speedster, Low Drag GT, the Spyder GT and the Eagle Lightweight GT.
HENRY IN HIS MARATHON WINNING E-TYPE
PAUL IN SPYDER GT No.1
JOHN IN EAGLE E-TYPE No.1
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Henry Pearman
Founder & CEO
Henry founded Eagle E-Types in 1984, inspired by his life-long passion for this iconic Jaguar. He continues to focus on both the current and future shaping of Eagle.
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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.
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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.
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Steve Head
Management Team
Steve assembles the Eagle E-Type, the Speedster and the Low Drag GT and coordinates the Eagle assembly programme. He joined Eagle in 2001.
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Rachel May
Management Team
Rachel is our organisational superstar, dealing with customer liaison, logistics, queries and everything that helps things run smoothly.
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James Salmon
Management Team
As well as co-running the paint department with Darren and painting our cars, James has a key role in the general management throughout the site.
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Darren Garner
Management Team
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.
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Andy Pitwell
Andy is our highly-skilled fabricator and hand produces our extensive range of bespoke parts and components. He joined Eagle in 2001.
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Larry Crane
Larry has a life-long pedigree in the bodyshop and is responsible for all aspects of E-Type body restoration. He joined Eagle in 2005.
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Gregg May
With a long history at Eagle, Gregg has extensive knowledge of the entire build process and now specialises in rebuilding our engines.
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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.
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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.
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Chris Thorpe
Chris served his engineering apprenticeship at Crosthwaite and Gardiner before moving into motorsport with Jota and then onto the Mclaren F1 department..
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Alison Leeves
Alison is our trimmer and joined us with 18 years of experience, a degree in design from the University of Derby and a keen eye for detail.
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Ryan Holloway
Ryan joined our paintshop with experience in all aspects of body and paint work and is continuing to develop his skills with great enthusiasm throughout the department.
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Nigel Smith
Nigel has vast experience in the industry including a wealth of knowledge on Jaguar E-Types and is a main part of our service division.
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Callum Richards
Callum has a background in classic car restoration and metalwork. He runs our parts department and assists with admin.
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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
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Steve Williams
Steve has 34 years bodyshop and restoration experience, including working on major award-winning Ferraris. He has also spent many years specialising in the Jaguar E-Type.