Stellantis UK Manufacturing Lead and Luton Plant Director, Mark Noble, retires after 36 years’ service

23 Apr 2024

• Mark Noble, Stellantis UK Manufacturing Lead and Luton Plant Director, will retire after 36 years' service
• Mark oversaw the electrification of Stellantis plants at both Ellesmere Port and Luton
• Fernando Andreu will assume the role of Luton Plant Director from 1^st June 2024

Stellantis has announced the appointment of Fernando Andreu as Luton Plant Director, following the retirement of Mark Noble after 36 years of service.

Mark has worked on assignments in five countries and in almost every Plant Department since joining the Vauxhall plant in Luton on 1^st May 1988 as a Production Foreman. After having held various management positions at Luton, he took on a number of roles within General Motors manufacturing, including FAW-GM Manufacturing Director in Shanghai, China. He later served as Director of Manufacturing at the Gliwice Plant in Poland from 2013.

In 2018, Mark became Plant Director of Ellesmere Port, before returning to Luton to take up the same role in 2022, and was responsible for the electrification of both plants. Production of electric vehicles (EVs) at Ellesmere Port, the UK's first EV-only volume manufacturing plant, began last year, and EV production will begin at Luton from Spring 2025.

Fernando Andreu joined Opel in 1996 as a Junior Engineer at the Zaragoza plant. He subsequently took on positions of growing responsibility at Zaragoza, before achieving his first international assignment as Quality Director at Eisenach in Germany. He served as Plant Director in Eisenach from 2018 to 2021, overseeing the launch of the Vauxhall Crossland. Since 2021, he has served as Stellantis Vice-President for VEH Industrial Strategy in MFG Corporate and will assume the role of Plant Director at Luton on 1^st June 2024.

Maria Grazia Davino, Group Managing Director, Stellantis UK, said: "Mark has been instrumental in so many important moments for this company, and we are very grateful to him for his role in the electrification of both Ellesmere Port and Luton. After 36 years of exemplary service, we wish Mark all the very best with his well-earned retirement! I am delighted to announce the appointment of Fernando, whose track record of successes will ensure that the Luton plant makes a smooth transition as it begins electric vehicle production."

Mark Noble said: "I've had a fantastic 36 years working across almost every level of vehicle manufacturing, and am pleased to be leaving the newly-electrified Luton plant in Fernando's capable hands. I am proud of the work I've been able to do here, and to have had a front-row seat to watch the company progress to a new stage of vehicle production."

Fernando Andreu said: "I am looking forward to assuming this new role and overseeing the very first fully-electric vehicle rolling off the line at Luton next year. The team has been working hard to ensure that Luton is continually innovating and evolving, and I am excited to get started and deliver strong results for the business."

For more information, please contact:

Jeremy Townsend
+44 (0)7827 896480
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