Moir Lockhead

Sir Moir Lockhead OBE DHC (born 25 April 1945 in County Durham, England) is an English businessman.

Originally a mechanical engineer, he left school (West Cornforth Secondary Modern) at 15 to become apprentice mechanic in a bus garage in Darlington, before working for a short period as a management trainee with Tarmac.

He joined Grampian Regional Transport in 1985 as General Manager, and went on to lead the successful employee buy-out as GRT Group.

[1][2][3][4][5] He was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1996 for services to the bus industry.

[5] In January 2011, First Great Western powercar 43160 was named Sir Moir Lockhead as was First ScotRail diesel multiple unit 170401 in March 2011.