Pollock worked as a teacher in the late 1970s (Keith Grammar School) becoming director of sport (1981–85) at the College Beausoleil in Villars, Switzerland.
Pollock's first initiative was to negotiate with Toyota Team TOM'S in Japan and move Villeneuve to Tokyo in 1992, where he could have the chance to work on his pure talent as a driver.
During this year Pollock was contacted by Jean-Claude Torchia working for Imperial Tobacco in Montreal to see if Villeneuve would accept driving in the Formula Atlantic car at Trois-Rivières in Quebec.
Pollock used this winning streak to negotiate Villeneuve's entry into F1 with the Williams Racing team where he won the championship in his second year, 1997.
Pollock spent his time working to improve the team so much that he successfully negotiated Honda's return to F1 with BAR.
[1] In May 2011, Pollock announced his creation of Propulsion Universelle et Recuperation d'Energie (PURE SA), an engineering company which was set up to design and supply Power Units to F1 as an independent supplier.
PURE SA was liquidated the same year and Pollock retained the intellectual property to the F1 power unit designs.
[2] In July 2012, technical director Gilles Simon announced his departure from PURE in a general email sent out to suppliers and colleagues due to the financial difficulties the company was having.