Paddy Lowe
Patrick Allen Lowe FREng (born 8 April 1962), known as Paddy Lowe, is a British motor racing engineer and computer scientist. He served as the chief technical officer at Williams Racing, and previously as the executive director (technical) of the Mercedes Formula One team. Education. Lowe attended Sevenoaks School from 1976 until 1980 and graduated from Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge in 1984 with a degree in Engineering. Formula One career. Williams (1987–1993). In 1987 Lowe was employed by Williams as Joint Head of Electronics. 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. McLaren (1993–2013). Lowe moved to McLaren in 1993, when he was employed as Head of Research and Development, a department subsequently renamed "Vehicle Technology". 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. In May 2005 he assumed the role of Engineering Director, which gave him responsibility for all the engineering departments. In January 2011 Lowe became the team's Technical Director. He left  McLaren in 2013. Mercedes (2013–2017). Lowe moved to the Mercedes Formula One team as Executive Director on 3 June 2013. In 2015 Lowe was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He and his elder brother Professor Michael Lowe were the first brothers to both be elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. On 10 January 2017, Mercedes announced that Lowe had left the team, and entered a period of garden leave. Return to Williams (2017–2019). Lowe returned to Williams as Chief Technical Officer on 16 March 2017. He replaced Pat Symonds, who left the  team at the end of 2016. Alongside his technical position, Lowe became a shareholder in the team. The Williams cars under his supervision, FW41 and FW42, turned out to be largely uncompetitive and relegated Williams to the bottom of the Constructors' Championship in 2018 and 2019. On 6 March 2019 it was announced that Lowe would be taking a leave of absence due to personal reasons after the 2019 car was not completed before the start of winter testing. On 25 June 2019, his leave was made permanent and Lowe left Williams with immediate effect. Post Formula One. Lowe is  the co-founder of Zero Petroleum, a company producing synthetic petroleum-based products. Family. Lowe is married to screen actress, Anna Danshina. He has two children from a previous relationship: Noah Kelly and Finty Kelly. His brother, Michael Lowe, is a British mechanical engineer.