Graeme Lowdon
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Graeme Paul Lowdon (born 23 April 1965)[1] is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He served as chief executive officer of the Virgin and Marussia Formula One teams.
Career
Originally from
In 1996 Lowdon returned to the UK and created Industry On-line, providing online trading platforms for industry. He also co-founded Eiger Racing, a Formula Renault racing team. Having secured investment from 3i, he developed Industry On-line into Just2Clicks, which was floated on the Alternative Investment Market in 2000.[2] At the end of 2000 Lowdon joined Manor Motorsport in a non-executive commercial role.[3]
In 2002 he co-founded
He helped Manor Motorsport to develop into a Formula One team. Lowdon had strong links with Richard Branson's Virgin Group, Virgin Rail Group being one of Nomad's customers. He used these links to create the Virgin Racing team. On 30 October 2015, the team announced the resignation of both Lowdon and team boss John Booth from the team at the end of 2015, citing differences with team owner Stephen Fitzpatrick.[4] He later returned to Manor Motorsport, overseeing its FIA World Endurance Championship programme.[5]
References
- ^ "Graeme Lowdon". brdc.co.uk. 7 February 2015.
- ^ a b "F1 team boss is North-East entrepreneur". The Northern Echo. Newsquest. 4 March 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- ^ a b c d "Graeme Lowdon". virginracing.com. Virgin Racing. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010.
- ^ Parkes, Ian (30 October 2015). "Manor Formula 1 team bosses John Booth and Graeme Lowdon resign". autosport.com. Archived from the original on 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Formula 1 is 'unfinished business for Manor - Lowdon Formula One 22 January 2018
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