DR ULRICH BEZ

Chief Executive of

Dr Ulrich Bez became the Chief Executive of Aston Martin in July 2000.

Dr Bez, who is 56 years of age, is one of the world’s foremost and most innovative automotive engineers and strategists with worldwide experience of the design and manufacture of sports cars.

During his 28 years career in the motor industry he has been responsible for product design and development at , BMW and Daewoo. Previous to his joining Aston Martin he was a business adviser to in the

United States.

While he was with Porsche Ulrich Bez directed the design, development and introduction of the 911 Turbo, the Carrera RS, the 968 and the 993. He was also responsible for Porsche’s Vehicle Research and Development, the establishment of Porsche Engineering in the USA and the company’s motor sport programmes in Formula I, the World Sportscar Championship, Indiannapolis and Le Mans.

He held similar positions of responsibility for product design and development at both BMW and Daewoo and has worked as an independent business adviser to

ABB and Ford.

“In 2000 Aston Martin established new, all time sales and production records delivering 1021 new cars to customers throughout the world,” said Dr Wolfgang

Reitzle, Group Vice President of the Ford Premier Automotive Group of which

Aston Martin is a member together with Land , Lincoln, Jaguar and .

“Key to this success has been Aston Martin’s performance in global markets and both the USA and Germany in particular. Germany is now the world’s second largest market for luxury sports cars. Ulrich Bez is a brilliant, innovative engineer and strategist with tremendous global experience. The unique insight and expertise which he brings to Aston Martin will be vital and crucial to the future long term success and development of the company.

Ulrich Bez was born at Bad Cannstatt in Germany in November 1943, has a

Doctorate in Engineering from the University of Stuttgart and is the author of more than 40 scientific publications on subjects related to the Motor Industry.

His family home remains in Dusseldorf but his duties require him to operate on a global scale as Aston Martin embarks on an ambitious programme of expansion.

He was the recipient of an NHTSA Safety Award in 1982 for his research into side impact protection and aluminium structures. He is married to Martina and they have four children, three girls and a boy.

He is an extremely skilled test and development driver with wide experience of single seat racing cars, sports cars and off-road vehicles. His hobbies include a broad range of sports – skiing, tennis, mountain biking and golf.

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For further information please contact Tim Watson on 00 44 1908 619190 or

Barbara Prince on 00 44 1908 619255.

February 2001