Sir Nicholas Vernon Scheele KCMG (3 January 1944 – 18 July 2014) was an English business executive who served as president, from 2001–05, and Chief Operating Officer (COO), from 2001–04, of the Ford Motor Company, and also as Chancellor of the University of Warwick from March 2002 to July 2008.
Born in Brentwood, Essex,[1] the elder son of Werner J. Scheele and his wife, Norah E. Scheele (née Gough)[2] He was educated at Brentwood School and went on to study at St Cuthbert's, Durham University.
[3] Scheele was fluent in German, French and Spanish, which served him well when he became the chairman of Ford of Europe.
"[5] Scheele was also chairman of the Prince of Wales Business and Environment Committee, and chaired the manufacturing group of Foresight 2020.
Scheele became a Non-Executive Director of British American Tobacco (BAT) in February 2005.