Will Butler-Adams
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Will Butler-Adams OBE, FRGS |
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11 May 1974 London 
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| Alma mater | Newcastle University |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Georgina MacIntyre (m. 2004) |
| Children | Three daughters |
| Website | twitter |
William David Butler-Adams (born 11 May 1974 in London)OBEFRGS is the Managing Director (MD) of Brompton Bicycle Limited a manufacturer based in the United Kingdom and Brompton Bike Hire Limited a provider of bicycle-sharing systems.
Butler-Adams was born in London and educated at Aysgarth School in Yorkshire and Rugby School from 1987 to 1992 in Warwickshire. He was awarded a first class Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Mechanical engineering from Newcastle University in 1997. During his degree he studied the Spanish language at the University of Valladolid in Spain.
He started his career as a project manager for Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) where he worked from 1997 to 2000 and continued as a Plant Manager for DuPont from 2000 to 2002. He joined Brompton at the age of 28, following a serendipitous meeting with the company founder Andrew Ritchie on a coach journey.
At Brompton, he was promoted to director in 2006 and managing director (aka CEO) in 2008. Since 2002, Brompton has increased in size by an order of magnitude, from around 27 employees to over 200 employees while turnover has increased from around £2 million to £25 million. As of 2016[update] he serves as a commissioner on the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
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