We rebranded him for the industry shift and the jump from big corporate manager to entrepreneurial leader, and within a couple of months, he got three solid offers (with big backers like Pfizer and Biogen).
Mr. Dodge, whose first automotive job was as a night-shift manager in the former Rover Cowley plant, joined Nissan in 1984 and spent the next 26 years at the company's U.K. operations.