Paul Arkesden
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The Italian Job
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Cars, travel, family
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Engagement Model Offered
NED; Fractional; Advisory; Interim
Suited to Organisational Types
Start-ups; Scale-ups
Paul is a Founder and senior automotive leader with over 30 years of experience across high-performance vehicles, product development and specialist manufacturing. As Founder of PKe Consultancy and former VP Global Product Development at Singer Vehicle Design, he brings deep expertise in delivering complex, low-volume automotive programmes.
He works with specialist automotive and engineering businesses to sharpen strategy, resolve delivery challenges and build credible, executable growth plans, aligning engineering, supply chain and commercial objectives into one clear direction.
Paul’s Arena
Automotive, High-Performance & Low-Volume Manufacturing.
Technical Focus: Product Development & Programme Delivery.
Function Expertise: Engineering Leadership, Supply Chain Strategy, Operational Scale-Up, Technical Due Diligence.
Superpowers
Translates complex automotive and engineering challenges into clear commercial and technical strategies.
Builds structure, governance and momentum into product development and delivery organisations.
Aligns strategy, engineering, supply chain and execution into one coherent, deliverable plan.
Supports leadership teams in unlocking growth, partnerships and the right commercial opportunities.
Impact in Action
Singer Vehicle Design: Built and scaled the Product Development function into a 70+ specialist organisation, implementing robust multi-programme delivery processes.
McLaren Automotive: Led delivery of flagship low-volume programmes including the P1 GTR and MSO HS.
PKe Consultancy: Supported specialist businesses in strengthening market position, improving customer engagement and unlocking growth through strategic advisory.
Working style
Commercial, structured and pragmatic.
Focused on delivering clear outcomes through disciplined execution and practical thinking.