Who is your role model?


Automotive News Europe | February 20, 2006 06:01 CET

My mother for her determination and drive. And my grandmother for her mixture of toughness and tenderness and for her ability to cherish the little things in life.

– Cristina Siletto, Fiat Auto

My mother for following her heart. She has a doctorate in chemistry but she left the field because she was more passionate about becoming an artist. She has never regretted her decision.

– Camilla Palmertz, Volvo

My aunt, Joan Burke, who was a member of Parliament in Ireland, because of her confidence and her positive attitude. She inspired me to believe that I could do anything

I set my mind to.

– Pauline Walsh, Ford of Europe

My paternal grandmother. Although she died 10 years before I was born, she has served as a positive influence on me because she was so ahead of her time. She balanced bringing up three kids with her career as a dentist while living in czar-ruled Russia

in the early 20th century.

– Tatiana Butovitsch Temm, Volvo

My mother and my grandmother because of their strength and independence.

– Anne Asensio, GM

Winners of the Automotive News Europe Woman of the Year award
2005Rita Forst, General Motors
2004YCC team, Volvo
2003Odile Desforges, Renault
2002Cristina Siletto, Fiat Auto
2001Pauline Walsh, Ford of Europe
2000Marie-Christine Caubet, Renault
1999Magda Salarich, Citroen
1998Rose Mary Farenden, Ford of Europe
1997Anne Asensio, Renault
1996Gerrit Huy, Daimler-Benz

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