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CHRIS COLE, PROJECT LEADER

Chris’s career began as an apprentice at Rover in Longbridge at 16 years of age. He rose through the ranks to become the Engineering Manager for the R50 Mini, where he was responsible for getting the engineering of the car completed and signed off for production.

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