Personal Profile
"I would not hesitate to recommend Jon to clients who need to drive cost down and performance up!”Gary Windas - Managing Director - Hawksland Associates Ltd Read in full...
Jon Laughton B.Sc (Hons), MA, MIOD
Current Directorships
MD - Ad Manum Consultants Ltd
Chairman - AEROid Ltd
Director - Hawksland Holdings Ltd
Jon Laughton has over twenty nine years successful business experience in Senior Executive & Director positions - most notably in Aerospace, Electrical Switchgear, Leisure Marine & Consumer products. His international business experience includes working in North America, Japan, Malaysia, Italy, France, Brazil, Belgium & Germany.
Formerly the Managing Director of Hurel-Hispano UK Ltd, a £75M turnover, French owned aerospace design & manufacturing company, Jon formed his own consultancy company, Ad Manum Consultants Ltd, in 2005 to provide companies with a ‘one stop shop’ for interim management or consultancy support in a range of services that includes implementing lean transformations, leadership coaching and intercultural team development. The business has been very successful and continues to enjoy significant growth in what is a very competitive market. Clients include Dyson, The Baxi Group, Messier Services UK Ltd, The Kilgour Group, GCT GmbH, Fokker Services BV and The Balta Group (based in Belgium).
In 2005 Jon’s company formed an informal partnership with Gary Windas the MD of Hawksland Associates; this was a strategic alliance to develop business jointly. The partnership was formalised later that year when both Jon and Gary formed AEROid Ltd with two other shareholders. This company provides integrated RFID solutions to the aerospace & general manufacturing sectors.
In early 2007 Gary & Jon incorporated Hawksland Holdings Ltd as a vehicle for acquiring established engineering businesses that can be developed into a ‘world class’ group supplying the aerospace sector. Their vision for this group is to leverage their significant experience and network of ‘world class’ managers to build a capability that will include Production Engineering, Precision Machining, Composite Manufacturing & Large Sub-assembly.
Jon has a first degree in Metallurgy from Manchester University and a Masters in Leadership & Management Learning from Lancaster University Management School. Jon is also a licensed Dale Carnegie Leadership Coach and is a member of the Institute of Directors.