The Board of Directors of Lotus Cars Ltd is pleased to announce the
appointment of Clive Dopson as Managing Director of its sports car
division.
Clive has held the position of Manufacturing Director since 2000 and
will take on the new role of Managing Director overseeing both the
manufacturing and the commercial sides of the business. The
appointment is effective immediately and is part of a restructuring
process at Lotus.
Kim Ogaard-Nielsen, Chief Executive Officer for Group Lotus explains
the appointment: "Clive has done a superb job as Manufacturing
Director since 2000, both increasing the production volumes to the
current record levels and ensuring that the finished cars are built to
the highest quality ever to come out of Hethel. Clive, in his new role
of Managing Director, is the right person to lead the business
forward."
Clive Dopson is looking forward to the additional responsibility:
"We are currently building nearly 5000 cars a year but in the next few
years we will be increasing this figure with the addition of a new
range of vehicles including a new mid-engine supercar. I am proud of
what we have achieved so far but we have much more work to do to
prepare the market for the next generation of Lotus cars."
About Group Lotus plc:
The main operating subsidiary of Group Lotus plc is Lotus Cars Ltd
which has two operating divisions - Lotus Cars and Lotus Engineering:
Lotus Cars builds and commercialises Lotus sports cars, Elise and
Exige; builds sportscars for General Motors and manufactures the
advanced composite front and rear crash structures for Aston Martin
V12 Vanquish.
Lotus Engineering provides comprehensive and versatile consultancy
services to many of the world's OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers, offering a
full engineering service from initial concept and project design
through development to full production prototype build.
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