Aston Martin hires ex-Mercedes HPP head Cowell as Group CEO

Aston Martin F1 has actually trapped previous Mercedes HPP head Andy Cowell to become its brand-new Group Chief Executive Officer.

In one more large shot hiring, Aston Martin has actually trapped previous Mercedes HPP Managing Director Cowell from the German attire to be there brand-new Group Chief Executive Officer, that will certainly reporting straight to business manager, Lawrence Stroll.

Cowell will certainly change Martin Whitmarsh in the placement after the previous McLaren guy took control of the duty couple of years earlier. Cowell will certainly begin his job from October 1 of this year and is available in after collaborating with BMW and greatly with Mercedes in his profession.

He played a large hand in the crossbreed success ofMercedes “I am thrilled to join Lawrence’s exciting project and look forward to working with the talented group of people that has been assembled,” claimed Cowell, that signs up with at once when Aston Martin is to shift from Mercedes power system to Honda.

“F1 has always been my competitive passion, and I am joining Aston Martin Aramco at an exciting time with the imminent completion of the AMR Technology Campus and our transition in 2026 to a full works team with our strategic partners Honda and Aramco.”

On the heavy steam side, Stroll claimed: “I wish to give thanks to Martin that has actually contributed in our development stage as an organization. In the last 3 years, he has actually created the group and has actually aided us attain some considerable turning points, consisting of cultivating our partnership with Honda and supplying our modern AMR Technology Campus at Silverstone.

“I am delighted to welcome Andy to our team at a crucial time. Together with our works partnership with Honda, the commitment from our title partner Aramco and Andy’s leadership we are on track to become a world championship winning team. Andy has my full backing and will have every resource available to win.”

Outgoing CEO Whitmarsh included: “I have actually recognized Andy for several years and brought him to Mercedes HPP in 2004 where he came to be Managing Director in between 2013 and 2020, attaining significant success in business andsport He will certainly be an amazing possession to Aston Martin Aramco and will certainly make a considerable payment to the implementation of our technique moving forward.

“Andy’s arrival in October and the completion of the AMR Technology Campus will allow me to step away and focus on other projects in my life, knowing that the foundations have been established with an impressive team, inspiring vision and advanced facilities to achieve success in F1.”

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