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Bentley Motors welcomes 93 new trainees
As Bentley Motors celebrates its centenary year, the company is already looking towards the future by welcoming the next generation of trainees to the business.
The 93 new recruits, consisting of apprentices, undergraduates and graduates, will be working across different areas of the business including commercial areas such as sales and marketing, people and digital, finance and purchasing, as well as Bentley’s long-established engineering and manufacturing departments.
93 trainees have started their careers at Bentley’s headquarters in Crewe – a third of these are women, the highest female intake in history / Picture: Bentley Motors
Dr. Astrid Fontaine, Member of the Board for People, Digitalisation and IT, said: “This has quite rightly been a year of celebration, marking the extraordinary achievements this company has made over 100 years, however now is the time to look ahead. The industry is changing faster than ever and so recruiting the engineers, designers, marketeers and digital leaders of the future will be a key part in achieving our objective of becoming the leader in sustainable luxury mobility.”
Discussing the record number of female recruits, with 31 working across the business, Dr. Fontaine continues:
“I am particularly proud that we are welcoming our highest ever female intake, 30 per cent, which not only shows the wide range of career opportunities for women in the automotive industry, but what we are achieving on our extraordinary journey to inclusiveness.”
Of the 93 new recruits, 46 apprentices will start training at the company’s headquarters in Crewe, bringing the current number of apprentices in the business to over 130. Supporting the digital transformation of the company, 16 of the 46 are focusing on future digital technologies.
Georgia Griffiths, a former student at Bentley-supported Crewe Engineering and Design UTC, and now a Degree Apprentice specialising in Digital and Technology Solutions, comments:
“I’m really pleased to be joining Bentley and I can’t wait to get started. I’ve had my Bentley induction over the past two years really, working on projects as part of my studies at the UTC, but to now be in the business, and working for such an iconic brand, on so many exciting technologies of the future, feeds me with enthusiasm.”
The additional 47 new recruits will consist of 14 graduates who will follow a two-year development programme that will see them working across various business functions, a starting point for successful business and engineering careers. Meanwhile, the undergraduate scheme, with 33 new recruits, offers a 12-month development programme focused on degree students looking to complete a year out as part of their studies.