PRODRIVE APPOINTS NICK LINES AS DIRECTOR OF MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN

The Prodrive Group today announces the appointment of experienced ultra-luxury automotive business leader Nick Lines, who joins as Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

Lines joins Prodrive from his recent position as Director of Hypercars at Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd, a role he has fulfilled since 2022. He brings 30 years of highly successful luxury automotive leadership and business experience.

Lines joined BMW (UK) Manufacturing Ltd in 1994 after completing his M. Eng Mechanical Engineering degree at the University of Manchester. At BMW, he was initially based at Oxford Plant (England) with postings to both Munich and Regensburg (Germany), overseeing production management and new model projects.

For the past 23 years, Lines has worked at ultra-luxury automotive company, Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd. He joined in 2001 as a General Manager in Operations and has since garnered invaluable business and change leadership experience from a variety of senior positions including Chief Planning Officer, Head of Manufacturing, Chief Technical Officer, and Chief Sales Officer, before commencing his role in 2022 leading the Hypercar division – heading up the engineering, manufacturing and aftersales for the Aston Martin Valkyrie.

Commenting on his new position at Prodrive, Nick Lines, Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain said:

I am thrilled to be starting at Prodrive, a company with such a successful track record of winning. It is great to be working in an organisation with such a diversity of products, the motorsport pace and ‘can do’ attitude, and alongside the hugely talented teams across the group.

David Richards, Chairman of Prodrive, added:

I am delighted to welcome Nick to this new leadership role during a pivotal year for Prodrive. Across our companies and operations, we have expanded beyond being a low volume, ‘prototype’ business, and we now need to gear ourselves up appropriately. There are many opportunities to make significant improvements to processes, efficiency, rigour and professionalism across our supply chain and manufacturing teams. Nick will lead these improvements supporting the existing management team, and his arrival means that our programme teams will be able to focus on doing what we do best, winning races and rallies, and supporting our ever-growing customer base.