McLaren Racing’s managing director Jonathan Neale talks about his job before McLaren

Q: You previously worked at aerospace company BAE Systems. Was that job so dull that you needed a change?
JN: No, not at all. I really enjoyed working in aerospace and defence. I worked there for 20 years in a variety of posts. One day I got a phone call from McLaren asking if I would talk to them, but I had a really good job and I loved it because I had been very lucky with the products I worked on. Before joining McLaren I was working on military aircrafts and enjoyed it. But if somebody asked you if you would come and join McLaren would you turn that down? I thought about how I would feel about it in five years’ time if I had. It was just too good an offer to turn down, so I decided to join. That was ten years ago and I have never regretted it.