Mazda Motor Europe
José Salgueiro dos Santos has a diverse work experience spanning over several roles and industries. José started their career in 1982 as a Dockyard Chief in Prefal, where they worked on various projects, including those related to banking, telecommunications, and healthcare. In 1986, they joined Partex-CPS as the Chief Coordinator until 1990. Following that, they worked as a Consultant at Formoprojectos from 1991 to 1992. In 1992, they became a Share Holder and After Sales Manager at ProjectoCar, a Hyundai dealer. From 1996 to 1999, they worked at Formoprojectos as a Trainer and Ford Consultant. Finally, in 1999, they joined Mazda Motor Portugal as the After Sales and Dealer Development Director.
José Salgueiro dos Santos attended Colégio Militar from 1968 to 1976. José then pursued an engineering degree at IMP from 1978 to 1981. In 2008 to 2009, José studied at Universidade Católica Portuguesa, but the degree and field of study are unknown.
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Mazda Motor Europe
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At Mazda we love driving. In fact, we love it so much we use a Japanese phrase to describe the feeling you experience when driving a Mazda: Jinba Ittai. This translates as “the oneness between horse and rider”, or in our case, the car and driver. Every member of our team is passionate about getting behind the wheel of their Mazda. Half of our senior managers have racing licences and our European CEO recently took part in the Baja 100 race in California. It is in our blood. For over 100 years, all our passion has been put into improving the experience of driving. Not only did we create the MX-5, the world’s bestselling two-seater roadster with 1.2 million sales, and counting… but we were also the first Asian brand to win Le Mans. Not bad for an independent company based in Hiroshima that started making three-wheel trucks in the early 1900s! All our multi-award winning cars are crafted in Japan, where we bring modern twists to globally renowned Japanese aesthetics. We love great looking cars, winning World Car of the Year two times and World Car Design of the Year three times in the last ten years. We are also the only car brand invited twice to show concept cars at the prestigious Concorso D’eleganza Villa D’Este. We also love how cars work. Our unique engineering means we are creating some of the most exciting PHEV and EV vehicles on the market, while continuing to build the most efficient internal combustion engine vehicles. We have a proud heritage, but each of the 1,200 members of Mazda’s European team are also excited about the future. Our goals are clear in Europe: we strive to become the first non-European premium automotive brand by creating great to drive, great to own and great looking Mazda cars.