come from the supply base , so we have a responsibility to improve how we operate our business . This will be our future .”
From fast cars to fast manufacturing , there ' s a need for speed in the future Naughton feels that recent changes at the top of the company will shape McLaren ’ s performance in the next 12 to 18 months . Michael Leiters joined as CEO of McLaren Automotive in July 2022 . German-born Leiters has held senior positions at Porsche AG , eventually becoming a Product Line Director there . More recently , he was Chief Technology
Officer at Ferrari . So he is certainly someone who knows all about fast-moving manufacturing environments . “ I think we ’ ve got an exciting future , particularly with Michael Leiters joining the organisation ,” says Naughton , adding that
“ there ’ s also lots of other positive changes ”.
Among which , he says , is “ a shift-change in the way we approach things , from design through to delivery of product ”.
He adds : “ It ’ s one of the reasons I took the opportunity to join McLaren . I ’ m passionate about driving change and am lucky enough to have a leadership team that supports the need to transform . “ It ’ s an exciting time to be in operations and supply chain logistics in the automotive business . I believe our future is really bright .” 158 May 2023