John Towers (businessman) John Towers (businessman) John Towers CBE (born 30 March 1948) is an English businessman, who was the owner and managing director of MG Rover Group from 2000 until the company entered administration in 2005. This followed a succession of senior appointments within Rover, which he had joined from Massey Ferguson in 1988. Towers started his career in 1966 as a student apprentice with Perkins Engines of Peterborough, which by that time had become a subsidiary of Massey Ferguson. He rose within Perkins to become Director of Engineering before leaving in 1988 to join the Rover Group. Together with Peter Beale,
Peter Beale (British Army officer) their sons is the actor Simon Russell Beale. In 2001, he married for a second time to Mary Elisabeth Williams who has a daughter. Beale was appointed Honorary Physician to the Queen (QHP) on 21 December 1987. In 1991, he was appointed Commander of the Venerable Order of Saint John (CStJ). In the 1992 New Year Honours, he was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE). Peter Beale (British Army officer) Sir Peter John Beale, (born 18 March 1934) is a retired senior British Army officer. He was the Surgeon-General of the British Armed Forces between