Group Lotus and CEO Mike Kimberley features strongly in new polls
America On Line (AOL) has approximately 50 million subscribers worldwide and, as such, is
one of the world’s largest internet service providers. It was, therefore, considered a huge
compliment to the management and staff of Group Lotus, when a poll in the highly rated AOL
motoring section recently placed Mike Kimberley, CEO of Group Lotus, as thirteenth in the Top
50 All-Time Most Influential People in the Automotive Industry. Heading the list was Porsche’s
Wendelin Wiedeking with VW’s Dr. Ferdinand Piech in second place.
“In the last twelve months, Lotus has been turned around,” said Kimberley in response to the
AOL poll. “The company has a clear strategic direction for the future and has returned to its
philosophical roots as a lean, focused and highly motivated cars and high technology
engineering business which, I’m sure is a key fact to Lotus featuring so highly in the AOL poll”.
A subsequent publication of the “Power 100” as a supplement in the Eastern Daily Press, the
East Anglian regional newspaper, assessed the impact of key businesses and individuals
throughout the region, again in a poll format. Mike and Lotus featured in seventh position in
the list competing with the region’s major businesses and industry.
“Our third party high technology engineering business is one of the most successful and
prolific in our industry and has an enviable global reputation”, commented Mike Kimberley.
“Our standing in these polls is clearly a reflection of this, as well as the passion and
enthusiasm that surrounds our wonderful brand. Lotus will be 60 years old in 2008 and we
expect to grow towards an even more exciting future and, through our management and staff’s
efforts, to further worldwide successes.”
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