Andy palmer nissan biography sampler

Dr Andy Palmer has masterminded some of the industry’s most iconic vehicles and led a global sector,but after starting out as anapprentice he’s now determined to turbocharge that route into automotive.

MotorPro sits downwith the founder and chair of the Palmer Foundation to find out more.

What first drew you to a career in the automotive sector?

My dad was a manufacturing engineer so the inspiration came from watching him and seeing what he was doing.

David Palmer and Dr. Mike Fish established Dontyne Systems and set out to develop and globally market intuitively designed, user-friendly.

David Palmer and Dr. Mike Fish established Dontyne Systems and set out to develop and globally market intuitively designed, user-friendly.

Dr Andy Palmer holds three external non-executive roles at companies operating in areas that are highly relevant to the.

Yet, under the stewardship of chief executive Andy Palmer, who was lured from Nissan at the end of , things are already looking up.

Nissan Motor Co Ltd The position was formerly held by Andy Palmer, who left to become CEO of Aston Martin.

Andy Palmer, Nissan's executive VP and executive committee member, says as much.

When I was 14, he bought me an old A-series engine that I spent the summer holidays taking to pieces and putting back together. I was good at things like technical drawing and metalwork, and not bad at maths and physics, so I knew I wanted to go into the automotive industry and become an engineer.

However, I didn’t get any support from the school as they didn’t see engineering as a particularly attractive place to go.

Because I lived in Stratford-upon-Avon, my careers officer actually sugge