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Article: Moran quits Toyota for Thames Water: industry shocked at car supremo Mike Moran's decision to join Thames Water as strategy director.(Mike Moran)(Brief Article)
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- Marketing Week
- Article date:
- January 30, 2003
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In a move which will shock the industry, Mike Moran, the commercial director of Toyota is leaving the car company to join Thames Water as worldwide marketing and strategy director.
"Larger than life" Moran, who is well-known in both advertising and marketing circles, and a senior figure in the car industry, leaves Toyota at the end of this week. He will be replaced by Toyota's s marketing director Paul Philpott.
Moran says he wants to gain experience in a different sector, adding: "I have ambitions. I want to be running a FTSE-100 company in five or six years' time, and this way I get to be closely involved at the centre of a company and its future ...