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,
John Robin Stephenson John Robin Stephenson Lieutenant Colonel John Robin Stephenson (25 February 1931 – 2 June 2003) was a British Army officer and cricket administrator. John Stephenson was born in Sussex and educated at Christ's Hospital. He played in the School Cricket XI alongside J.A. Bailey and D.R.W. Silk in 1948. He was an excellent rugby player, representing Sandhurst, Richmond and Sussex. He also played cricket for Sandhurst and the Army. After passing out from Sandhurst, Stephenson was commissioned into the Royal Sussex Regiment, serving in Egypt, Korea, Gibraltar, Libya, Germany and Northern Ireland. He served as an instructor at the Mons