Malcolm Harbour CBE |
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Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands |
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In office 10 June 1999 – 2 July 2014 |
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Preceded by | constituency established |
Succeeded by | Bill Etheridge |
Personal details | |
Born |
Woking, Surrey, England |
19 February 1947
Nationality | British |
Political party | Conservative |
Alma mater |
Trinity College, Cambridge Aston University |
Malcolm John Charles Harbour, CBE (born 19 February 1947), is a British politician who was a Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands between 1999 and July 2014. He is a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group and the Chairman of the Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection.
Harbour was educated at Bedford School (1960–64), Trinity College, Cambridge (1964–67) where he graduated in engineering, and at the Aston University (1967–70) where he gained a Diploma in Management Studies. In July 2008 he was awarded an Honorary DSc by Aston University for services to science, technology and the European Union.
Harbour spent 32 years in the motor industry, as an engineer, a senior commercial executive, a consultant and a researcher. In 1992 became a founder Director of the International Car Distribution Programme and, in 1998 initiated the 3DayCar Programme, studying the reconfiguration of the automotive supply chain. He began his motor industry career in the BMC Longbridge Plant as an Austin Engineering apprentice in 1967. After working as a design and development engineer, he spent eight years planning and managing new product programmes in the Rover Triumph Division. In 1980 he became Strategic Planning Director for Austin Rover, in 1982 Marketing Director, in 1984 UK Sales Director and 1986 Overseas Sales Director. In 1989, he jointly found the specialist consultants Harbour Wade Brown.