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British Car Designers Are Being Snapped Up by Chinese Automakers
- Former Aston Martin designer to head to China’s Geely studio
- Rolls-Royce’s ex-design chief hired by Red Flag last year
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Chinese car companies with global ambitions are hiring designers from some of the most iconic names in the British auto world.
Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd., the company controlled by Volvo Car Group owner and billionaire Li Shufu, named Wayne Burgess as the head of a new design studio to be based in the U.K. manufacturing hub of Coventry, Geely said in a statement Friday. Burgess was the chief designer at Jaguar Land Rover and also worked at Aston Martin Lagonda.