Mark H Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Paul Newsome appointed as Managing Director for Lotus EngineeringGroup Lotus plc, which includes Lotus Cars and the world leading high technology consultancy Lotus Engineering, is very pleased to announce the appointment of Paul Newsome as Managing Director of Lotus Engineering. Paul Newsome will have full responsibility for Lotus Engineering worldwide, reporting to the CEO, Mike Kimberley, and his duties will include the implementation of the approved Engineering 5-year strategic business plan, global engineering sales on 3rd party client consultancy projects and together with Lotus Cars, the delivery of Lotus Cars products. As well as being the Managing Director for Lotus Engineering, Paul Newsome is also a Director on the Group Lotus plc Board. Paul joins Lotus from Jaguar and Land Rover, where he held the position of Group Chief Engineer – Advanced Product Creation where he was responsible for the innovative Land_e technology concept, the advanced programme development for the Freelander 2 (LR2 in the USA), Discovery 3 (LR3 in the USA) and the forthcoming Jaguar XF. Paul was also responsible for all Research and Development at Jaguar and Land Rover. Prior to Jaguar and Land Rover, Paul worked at MG Rover and BMW where he worked on, amongst others, the relaunched Mini Cooper and the Cooper S derivatives in the early 1990s and the iconic Land Rover Defender. Mike Kimberley, Chief Executive for Group Lotus plc, said, “I am extremely pleased to welcome Paul to the Lotus Group. With Paul’s strong automotive background and wealth of experience in delivering engineering programmes for such global, iconic and high quality brands as Jaguar and Land Rover, he will be a huge asset to the business. We have an intensely proactive growth plan over the next five years with substantial increases in third party client work for our global customer base and considerable research and development into alternative fuels and power systems, new engineering technology, lightweight structures and emissions reduction. Indeed, over the next five years, Lotus will be further accelerating its position as a world leader in green transport engineering.” Paul Newsome is relishing the challenge: “This is a fantastic opportunity for me to be able to contribute to the growth of such a fine brand and talented organisation. I am impressed with the professionalism of the teams at Lotus – clearly due to the legacy of Colin Chapman’s innovative spirit that is ingrained within everyone at Lotus. Having seen the technology, designs and development status of the future Lotus products, I am delighted with the direction of these projects and look forward to working with the team to deliver the first of these vehicles to Lotus Cars. We will also build upon our global delivery network, which includes working with more than 120 clients from strategic markets such as China, India, Malaysia, USA and Europe using advanced, innovative and elegant technology solutions.” Paul (43) is a graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Sheffield University and is a Chartered Engineer. He is married and has one son and one step-daughter. Paul takes over from Albert Lam who has successfully built Lotus Engineering’s business in China. Albert will be concentrating on continuing to grow this area of Lotus’ business in this strategically important market. This post has been promoted to an article pr_download3.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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