Media Information EMBARGOED: 13:00.BST, 25 June 2013 McLAREN AUTOMOTIVE ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA Ian Gorsuch returns as McLaren Automotive Regional Director, Middle East and Africa McLaren Automotive has appointed Ian Gorsuch to the position of Regional Director, Middle East and Africa, to once again lead the company’s operations in the region. Gorsuch will be based in Bahrain which is home of the McLaren Automotive Middle East and Africa regional office and the company’s principal shareholder Mumtalakat. The move is effective from Monday 1 July. Outgoing Regional Director, Mark Harrison, moves to a new senior role back at the McLaren Technology Centre headquarters in Woking, United Kingdom. Gorsuch was responsible for launching McLaren Automotive in the Middle East and Africa in 2011, and returns to the region from Singapore where he was responsible for McLaren Automotive Asia. Previous to McLaren Automotive, Gorsuch worked for luxury automotive brand Bentley Motors Limited, and with Champagne Krug in both commercial and customer service roles and has over ten years experience in the Middle East. Commenting on his new Regional Director role Gorsuch said: “I’m thrilled to be moving back to a region I know well, and inherit the role in a very strong position. This is thanks to the work over the last year by Mark and our network of retail partners in eight locations, across six countries in the region.” Gorsuch continued: “I am looking forward to the meeting our 12C and 12C Spider customers and seeing our next generation ultimate supercar, the McLaren P1™, on the region’s roads as we start delivering the first cars to customers at the end of the year.” Following the arrival in the region of 12C, the debut high performance sports car from McLaren Automotive and current Middle East Car of the Year, the brand has gone from strength to strength with sales exceeding expectations in the first half of this year, and the region’s allocation of the incredible McLaren P1™ has nearly sold out. Ends Notes to Editors: A selection of high resolution images accompanying this release is available to download from the McLaren Automotive media site - http://www.media.mclarenautomotive.com. About McLaren Automotive: McLaren Automotive is a British manufacturer of luxury, high-performance sports cars, located at the McLaren Technology Centre (MTC) in Woking, Surrey. In the Middle East, the company’s regional head office is located in Bahrain, home to the company’s principal shareholder, Mumtalakat. The region has a network of highly qualified and experienced McLaren retailers, located in the Kingdom’s of Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates. Following the company’s global launch in 2010, McLaren Automotive launched the groundbreaking 12C and 12C Spider and, in keeping with its plan to introduce a new model each year, recently unveiled the McLaren P1™. The brand continues to expand, operating through a dedicated global network of retailers in every major automotive market. McLaren Automotive Technical Partners In the development, engineering and manufacture of its range of innovative and highly acclaimed sports cars, McLaren Automotive has partnered with world leading companies to provide specialist expertise and technology. These include Akebono, AkzoNobel, ExxonMobil, Pirelli, SAP and TAG Heuer. Designed for the track; Developed for the road The connection between Formula 1 and road cars at McLaren is a natural process of experience, knowledge, principles and process transfer. Through the integration of 50 years of Formula 1 racing expertise and knowledge, and 20 years of heritage in producing landmark sports cars, McLaren Automotive designs, develops and builds the technologically advanced, groundbreaking and no compromise 12C and 12C Spider. McLaren has pioneered the use of carbon fibre in vehicle production over the past 30 years, and since introducing a carbon chassis into racing and road cars with the 1981 McLaren MP4/1 and 1993 McLaren F1 respectively, McLaren has not built a car without a carbon fibre chassis. Visit www.mclarenautomotive.com for more details. Further information Wayne Bruce Head of Communications and Public Relations | McLaren Automotive Limited Phone: +44 (0) 1483 261500 Mobile: +44 (0) 7768 132429 Email: [email protected] Dave Eden Press Officer | McLaren Automotive Limited Phone: +44 (0) 1483 262867 Mobile: +44 (0) 7500 857089 Email: [email protected] Twitter: www.twitter.com/DaveEden Tom Pryor Marketing and Public Relations Manager | McLaren Automotive Middle East and Africa Phone: +973 1 750 2775 Mobile: +44 (0) 7899 816 872 Email: [email protected] Media website: www.media.mclarenautomotive.com Facebook: www.facebook.com/mclarenautomotive Twitter: www.twitter.com/McLarenAuto You Tube: www.youtube.com/mclarenautomotivetv Ends.