Bernadette Collins | |
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Born | 1986 or 1987 (age 36–37)[1] |
Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
Occupation(s) | Strategy engineer, Television presenter |
Years active | 2009 – present |
Employer | Sky Sports F1 |
Bernadette "Bernie" Collins is a Formula One strategy analyst for Sky Sports and F1TV and former F1 strategy engineer for the Aston Martin F1 team from Northern Ireland. She began her career as a trainee with McLaren after graduating from Queen's University Belfast in 2009. Three years later, Collins became a performance engineer and became its leader in that role full-time in 2014, working with 2009 World Champion Jenson Button. She joined Force India in 2015 and helped the team finish 4th in the following year's Constructors' Championship.
Collins was an ambassador for the United Kingdom government's Make it in Great Britain campaign in 2012, and featured on Forbes 2016 list of 30 Under 30 list for Manufacturing & Industry in Europe.