QuEST, a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing, has added Tim Jones to the Board of Directors of QuESTManufacturing. Tim Jones, recently retired as Managing Director of Rolls-Royce, India Ltd, is a keen champion of Indian manufacturing partnerships and will provide strategic thought and direction in facilitating the growth of the company. Mr. Aravind Melligeri, President and CEO, QuEST Manufacturing, said, "We are honoured to have Tim Jones on our board. Tim's brilliant reputation and vast network of industry contacts, added to his knowledge of commercial and military aerospace industry are sure to bring value to QuEST's growth in the aerospace industry."

Mr. Tim Jones, Director, QuEST Manufacturing, said, "It is very impressive to see how QuEST Manufacturing has become a significant player in Aerospace Manufacturing in such a short timescale. This gives clear evidence of the significant opportunity which exists for well focussed Indian companies in the Aerospace sector today. I am very excited about working with QuEST and to contributing to their continued success as well as continuing my own long association with India."

Mr. Jones joined Rolls-Royce in 1985 following a distinguished career in the Royal Air Force Regiment. His initial role was as Regional Executive - Middle East, based in Cairo. He moved to Saudi Arabia in 1987 where he was responsible for industrial projects as well as civil and defence aero engine programmes in the region. He led the Rolls-Royce support activities to the Allied Forces during the 1991 Gulf war.

In 1992, Mr. Jones became Director, South East Asia, based in Singapore where his main activities centred on the successful Rolls-Royce Trent engine campaigns for Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines. He subsequently returned to UK in 1999 as Executive Vice-President (Defence Aerospace) before taking up the role of Managing Director Rolls-Royce, India Ltd. The son of a founder member of the Indian Army Kumaon Regiment, Tim Jones is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Management. He is also a Member of the Commonwealth Partnership for Technology Management.

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QuEST is a leading provider of outsourced engineering services and manufacturing. We provide support across the entire product development life cycle from design and modeling through analysis, automation, re-engineering, instrumentation and controls, embedded systems development, prototyping, data documentation, manufacturing support, vendor management, and in-house precision machining. Through our Global Product Development framework leveraging our local presence and global reach, we enable companies in the aerospace, civil structures, industrial products, oil & gas, power generation, and transportation markets to cut product development costs, shorten lead times, extend capacity, and maximize engineering resources. QuEST employs over 1300 people and has delivery centers in India, USA, Japan and Italy, and a footprint in UK, Germany and China. For more information on QuEST please visit www.quest-global.com.