John Michael Attenborough (/ˈætənbrə/; 1 January 1928 – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial adviser.
[3] After National Service, he studied modern languages at Clare College, Cambridge.
[2][3] He worked in the motor trade and became a managing director of Mann Egerton, heading their Rolls-Royce division in Berkeley Street.
He then became the head of the British operations of Italian car manufacturer Alfa Romeo.
[4] He was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and died at his home in Poole, Dorset, on 9 November 2012, aged 84.