TONY SMITH JOINS HCI SYSTEMS LIMITED AS MANAGING DIRECTOR

Prodrive, a world-leading multidisciplined motorsport and advanced engineering group, has appointed Tony Smith as Managing Director of HCI Systems Limited, front-runners in the design and manufacture of full vehicle electrical wiring systems and wiring harnesses based in Shropshire, and part of the Prodrive Group.

Smith joins HCI Systems from his recent position of Global Engineering Director and CTO of Marshall Land Systems, where he was responsible for projects including deployable infrastructure for military and civilian vehicles and influencing one of the UK Government’s sustainability policies focussed on the introduction of greener fuels in to military and civilian applications.

Smith has also held senior leadership and Board Level positions across a diverse range of sectors including orthopaedics (robotics and AI), telecommunications and electrical power generation and distribution.

This appointment comes as Prodrive announces its total acquisition of HCI Systems Limited which was founded by Mike and Sarah Tickner in 2012. Previously a manufacturing partner of Prodrive for many years, this investment enables the Banbury based business to offer its customers a wider electrical system capability, whilst also introducing HCI’s customer base to the breadth of Prodrive’s engineering capability.

Prodrive will retain its existing internal resources of electrical assembly to make prototypes and small batch size wiring harnesses whilst using the expertise at HCI Systems for its production harness requirements.

David Richards, Chairman of Prodrive, said:

We welcome Tony to the Senior Leadership Team and wider Prodrive Group as we enter a new chapter for HCI Systems. Acquiring the business enables us to increase support of several production programmes, and through its wiring harness customer portfolio, which includes a number of F1 teams and a range of top-tier motorsport disciplines, extends our client base beyond the high-performance automotive, defence and marine sectors in which we operate across the Prodrive businesses.

Tony Smith, Managing Director of HCI Systems, added:

For many years, HCI Systems has developed a reputation for repeatable high quality, multi-domain cable harnesses and electrical solutions to top tier motorsport and automotive clients, giving the business excellent foundations to build upon. I am delighted to be joining such an established company and, with the collaboration of the Prodrive group of companies, extend our capabilities and client base beyond our current portfolio.
It is a very exciting time to be leading the business into its next chapter, and I look forward to working with existing and new clients to join us on this journey.