University of Wolverhampton Business School; Honorary Degree of Doctor of Business Administration
Geoffrey Davies has applied his talents in both the UK and Europe to establish Alamo Group Europe Ltd (AGE) as one of the world’s most profitable agricultural engineering groups. Since he founded AGE in 1988, his companies have won numerous national and international industry awards, including Queen’s Awards for Innovation.
Unconventionally, all his companies are in country areas, providing hundreds of secure, full-time jobs in deeply rural economies with severe unemployment problems. Geoffrey was awarded an OBE in 2004 for his services to agriculture and rural communities.
As president of the Agricultural Engineers Association, he has overseen its successful modernisation. In June 2008 he was appointed Chairman of The Shropshire Business Board to provide clear business leadership and influence economic strategy, policy and service delivery by compiling a three year Business Plan for the newly formed Shropshire Unitary Council.
Geoffrey is also active in regional and national business representative groups, including the International Business Forum and won the British Chamber of Commerce UK Entrepreneur of the Year Award for 2007-2008.
Geoffrey has a lifelong commitment to higher education and encourages business-education links. He holds BA (Hons), DMS, BSc, and MSc degrees and has ties with UK and New Zealand universities. Geoffrey was invited as the 2008 Distinguished Visitor to the University of Otago in November 2008 to give a business lecture to the University’s Business School and the Otago Chamber of Commerce.
He writes regularly on business matters and frequently speaks to business and higher education audiences.
