by Trish Whelan. A woman from County Kildare has been appointed as Ford of Europe's Director of Manufacturing Quality.Pauline Walsh, 37, a native of Newbridge, Co Kildare, was previously Manufacturing Manager at the Dagenham Engine Plant in Britain. Prior to that she was Production Manager at the Ford Genk facility in Belgium.
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from UCD, Pauline’s career has included spells at Esso UK, Exxon in the US, ABB in Switzerland and Warner Lambert in Cork, who she joined on completion of her MBA in Lausanne in the mid-90s. She was recruited by Ford to take up the position of Quality Manager at Ford’s Cologne plant in 1999. Her subsequent move to Genk coincided with the launch of the new Ford Mondeo.
