Paddy Lowe

Patrick Allen Lowe (born 8 April 1962) is the founder and CEO of the fossil-free synthetic fuel company Zero.

Lowe attended Sevenoaks School from 1976 until 1980 and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1984 with a degree in Engineering.

He spent six years at Williams, during which time he oversaw the development of active suspension, used to help Nigel Mansell win the 1992 World Championship.

[1] Lowe moved to McLaren in 1993, when he was employed as Head of Research and Development, a department subsequently renamed Vehicle Technology.

[2] He was head of the department for eight years until 2001, when he was appointed Chief Engineer Systems Development, a role focusing on the race programme for the McLaren MP4-20.

[7] On 10 January 2017, Mercedes announced that Lowe had left the team, and entered a period of garden leave.