Paul Hembery (born 21 March 1966 in

Yeovil Yeovil ( ) is a town and civil parish in the district of South Somerset, England. The population of Yeovil at the last census (2011) was 45,784. More recent estimates show a population of 48,564. It is close to Somerset's southern border with ...

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) is the former Motorsport Director and then

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Executive Director of Pirelli. He was first employed in the tyre industry in research and development, later becoming involved in commercial work. Hembery has also worked as a CEO of Pirelli Asia Pacific and has been involved in the

World Rally Championship The World Rally Championship (abbreviated as WRC) is the highest level of global competition in the motorsport discipline of rallying, owned and governed by the FIA. There are separate championships for drivers, co-drivers, manufacturers and t ...

and

Formula One Formula One (also known as Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of international racing for open-wheel single-seater formula racing cars sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The World Drivers' Championship, ...

racing series.

Biography

Hembery was born in

. His first job was working in the tyre industry for 20 years, working in research and development and later working in a commercial role. He was first employed by Pirelli in 1992. Hembery has worked as the CEO of Pirelli Asia Pacific and currently works in the supply of controlling tyres in the

and

Grand-Am Grand-Am Road Racing or Grand-Am was an auto racing sanctioning body that was established in 1999 to organize road racing competitions in North America. Its primary focus was the Rolex Sports Car Series, an endurance racing championship series. ...

Rolex Sports Car Series The Rolex Sports Car Series was the premier series run by the Grand American Road Racing Association. It was a North American-based sports car series founded in 2000 under the name Grand American Road Racing Championship to replace the failed ...

since 2008 and has also become involved in Pirelli's operation in

since the company supplied tyres to F1 teams at the start of the 2011 season. From 15 March 2017, Hembery became president of Pirelli LatAM but continued to maintain overall supervision of Pirelli's motor racing activities. Hembery left Pirelli in December 2019 and took up employment with various businesses across the United Kingdom and the United States. He also founded ULU.

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