Darren Gwynne

Darren has more than 30 years in automotive procurement, supply chain and manufacturing, 29 of them with Honda in Swindon. He joined Honda of the UK Manufacturing in 1990, on the site where Baring’s facility is planned. From 2012 to 2019 he was its Director of Procurement, Logistics and Parts Quality, leading a team of more than 400 and managing annual spend of about £3 billion across more than 260 suppliers.

At Honda he ran the just-in-time supply chain for a plant building 700 cars a day. Earlier, at Honda Engineering Europe, he led the engineering teams that designed, installed and commissioned production lines at Swindon and across Europe. As COO of Morgan Motor Company he raised production volumes by 33% and halved parts shortages. At autonomous vehicle start-up P3 Mobility (now Verne) he set up procurement, logistics and supplier quality from the ground up, and went on to serve as its COO and CEO.

Darren lives in Swindon. As Chief Supply Chain Officer he is building Baring’s supplier base and leads the supply chain service offered to drone manufacturers today. As Deputy COO he works with Mark Trowbridge on the design, fit-out and launch of the plant.