Marvin Cooke OBE DL retired in July 2024 from his role as Executive Vice President – Manufacturing at Toyota Motor Europe.
Based in Brussels, he oversaw all of Toyota’s European Manufacturing Companies, Production Engineering, Logistics, Toyota Production System and Production Control functions, and was leading Toyota’s European Manufacturing team on a journey from being an Automobile Company to becoming a Mobility Company.
In 1991 Marvin joined Toyota Manufacturing in the UK as a Manufacturing Engineer and held numerous management posts progressing to Director of Production Operations in 2008. He spent a year as Director of Production Engineering at Toyota Motor Europe in Brussels during 2011, returning to Toyota Manufacturing UK as Deputy Managing Director of Vehicle Manufacturing in January 2012.
Marvin went on to spend two and a half years as Production Vice President at Toyota-Peugeot-Citroen Automobile in the Czech Republic returning to Toyota Manufacturing UK in 2017 as Managing Director.
Marvin assumed the position as Toyota Motor Europe’s Senior Vice President of Manufacturing in January 2020 and in addition, from October 2020, he was temporarily appointed President of Toyota Manufacturing France. As of January 2021, Marvin was promoted to Executive Vice President of Manufacturing in Toyota Motor Europe.
He started his career as an engineering apprentice at Pirelli Tyre Company. During his apprenticeship he studied at Burton & South Derbyshire College and graduated with an honours degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Nottingham Trent University.
After his graduation, he worked as an engineer for Pirelli at both Burton-on-Trent and Carlisle plants. Immediately before joining Toyota, Marvin worked as a consultant engineer within the food and drinks industry.
Marvin has a continuing passion for the development of people; championing technical apprenticeships, working with local Colleges & Universities and mentoring post graduate students to become industry leaders of the future.
Marvin was awarded an OBE in the King’s New Year Honours 2025 for services to automotive manufacturing.