Mao Jingbo will replace Matt Windle after just four months as Lotus Europe CEO, according to Autocar.

Matt Windle, president and CEO of Lotus Cars Europe and managing director Lotus Cars (Image: Denise Bradley) Windle’s departure follows reports that Geely, Lotus’s Chinese owner, was planning to shut down its Hethel factory in Norfolk – ceasing UK operations and putting 1,300 jobs at risk.

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Lotus rebuffed the rumours,........

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