Professor Emeritus [1](David) Garel Rhys (born 28 February 1940) OBE, CBE, FIMI, SMMT Professor of Motor Industry Economics, and Director for Automotive Industry Research at Cardiff Business School[2] is a Welsh academic and a commentator of long standing on Motor Industry matters in Britain.[3]
He married in 1965 to Charlotte Mavis Walters. The couple have three children and four grandchildren.