Simon Sproule, who left Nissan as global communications guy, to join Palo Alto, CA-based electric car maker Tesla, is leaving the that company for Aston Martin, where he will be the communications and marketing chief. The move reunites him with new Aston Martin CEO Andy Palmer, which whom Sproule worked at Nissan. At Tesla Sproule worked on The company's franchise battles in various states; the introduction of right-hand drive models in Europe and Asia and the Gigafactory plant.