Jonathan Neale[1] (born 19 August 1962)[2] is a British businessman and the chief operating officer of McLaren Group.

[5] He has a physics degree from the University of Nottingham, is a member of the Council for the Foundation for Science and Technology[6] based at The Royal Society, London.

During his time at BAE Systems, he worked on a broad range of commercial and defence projects, across functions from engineering, production, flight operations, sales and customer support in sites at Manchester, Prestwick, Brough and Warton.

Work included designing semiconductor integrated circuits for high-speed digital signal processing applications, before moving on to the advanced development and research unit responsible for technology to detect missiles for ships and submarines.

This work in commercial aerospace continued throughout the 1990s, with Neale having roles as Operations Director and Support-Operations including customer support, aircraft maintenance, and training.

[12] It continues to be in production today in the UK and under licence in India by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), with over 900 Hawks sold to 18 operators around the world.

Drivers David Coulthard and Mika Häkkinen and drove the West McLaren Mercedes MP4-16 to second and fifth position[15] in the F1 world championship.