DR Peter McGeehin has been appointed operations manager for Darwen-based Brookhouse Automotive Ltd.

In his new position Peter will be responsible for all technical and manufacturing functions for the Brookhouse company, which provides composites engineering expertise and production resource to the automotive industry.

Before joining Brookhouse, Dr McGeehin worked with an international investment consultant, and before that he was group head for equipment development for a leading manufacturer of roof tiles.

He has a PhD from Nottingham University, where he developed and validated mathematical models to describe the moulding and structural properties of composite components manufactured from preforms.

Brookhouse Automotive is part of Brookhouse Holdings plc, the UK's largest independent composites manufacturing and assembly organisations.