Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based CEO’ operating in the Automotive space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alexander Edward Chesterman
Founder & CEO of Cazoo
Alex Chesterman is the founder and CEO of Cazoo. He was the Founder & CEO of ZPG Plc, a FTSE-250 listed company. Previously Alex co-founded Lovefilm, Europe’s leading digital movie rental business, which was successfully sold to Amazon. Alex is also one of the UK’s most active tech angel investors having backed dozens of early stage digital startups and was awarded an OBE for services to services to digital entrepreneurship in 2016.
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About Cazoo, Zoopla Property Group Plc (ZPG): Cazoo is an online used car marketplace designed to transform the way people buy, finance, or rent used cars.
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Scott Behrens
CEO of Superbike Factory
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About Superbike Factory: Superbike Factory is a digital-first business which combines retail and sourcing online with a physical showroom operation in Macclesfield.
Warren East
CEO of Rolls-Royce
Appointed to the Board in January 2014 and Chief Executive in July 2015 Warren joined ARM Holdings in 1994 and was appointed Chief Executive in 2001. Under his leadership the company became the world’s leading semiconductor IP licensing company. He retired from ARM Holdings in 2013. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Engineering and Technology, a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and a Distinguished Fellow of the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. He was awarded the CBE in 2014 for services to the technology industry. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive, Warren had been appointed as a Non-Executive Director in 2014 and was Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee and a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominations and Governance Committee. Warren is a non-executive director of Dyson Ltd. In July 2015, he was appointed as a member of the UK Government’s business advisory group.
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About British Computer Society, Institution of Engineering and Technology, Rolls-Royce, Royal Academy of Engineering: Rolls-Royce is an industrial technology company that provides integrated power and propulsion solutions.
Erik Fairbairn
Founder & CEO of Pod Point
Erik founded POD Point in 2009, in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. he saw the potential of electric vehicles as the next major mode of transportation and set himself the goal of wiring up the UK with charge points to facilitate the switch to EV from internal combustion engines. Fairbairn is also a member of the UK Automotive Council Technology Group and YPO (Young President’s Organisation) and featured on the 35th episode of their podcast.
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About Pod Point: We’re building the infrastructure needed for the mass adoption of electric vehicles in the UK & Europe.
Tom Leathes
Co-Founder & CEO of Motorway
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About Motorway: Motorway is an online used-car marketplace for professional car dealers that sells their cars using their smartphones.
David Martell
Founder and CEO of Chargemaster
As founder of the £100 million public company Trafficmaster Plc, David successfully managed and grew that company as CEO for sixteen years. He has significant experience in the transport industry, and his knowledge in managing the setting up and running of a countrywide network infrastructure is unrivalled. David has pulled together a talented and experienced team of industry experts over the last two years to enable Chargemaster to create the worldwide benchmark for high technology charging equipment to meet the demands of low carbon motoring in the decades ahead. David was appointed by the UK government to be an advisor to the Department for Transport from 1995 until 2000 and holds numerous patents relating to advanced automotive infrastructure.
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About Chargemaster: Chargemaster Plc benefits from over 25 years collaborative experience of working within the telematics and vehicle orientated
Richard Barlow
Founder & CEO of Wejo
Richard is wejo’s founder & CEO. Richard’s passion for big data led directly to wejo’s goal of making telematics available in the mass market. As a director and founder of a number of worldwide businesses in the insurance, banking and mobile sectors, including the world’s largest lead exchange provider, Richard is highly regarded for his strategic vision and ability to deliver commercial success.
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About Wejo: Wejo gathers & analyzes car data from connected cars to help car manufacturers improve their products through data driven descisions.
James Hind
Founder & CEO of Carwow
James is the big boss of carwow, so it’s hardly a surprise that cars are one of his biggest passions.He studied Finance but was put off a city career after just 2 months of trying one. He’s very competitive, especially when it comes to ping pong at the office. He invented the rule that if anyone loses a game 11-0 they have to buy donuts for the entire team!
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About Carwow: Carwow is a company that helps efficiently connect car buyers to car dealers.
Dan Hubert
CEO & Founder of AppyWay
Dan initially founded AppyParking after experiencing first-hand the pain of parking caused by a fragmented and broken market when trying to park near the Royal Albert Hall for a concert. From this was born the AppyParking mobile app, but more questions quickly arose… What if we could digitise parking spaces? And not just spaces – but all of the UK’s kerbs? What opportunities would that unlock? How could a digitised, dynamic kerb not only meet the ever-growing demands of urban transport today – but shape that of tomorrow? From that lightbulb moment onwards, Dan was hooked and with AppyWay, he’s leading the charge to help cities thrive, from the kerb up.
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About AppyWay: AppyWay is a kerbside management & technology firm enabling intelligent mobility for cities.
Reda Bennis
Co-Founder and CEO of Zebra Fuel
Reda Bennis (@reda_zebra) is the CEO & Co-Founder @ Zebra Fuel
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About Inside Capital, Zebra Fuel: Zebra Fuel is a mobile fuel delivery service that delivers fuel into a vehicle directly at a preferred delivery time.
Mike Flewitt
CEO of McLaren Applied Technologies
Mike Flewitt joined McLaren as Chief Operating Officer in June 2012 and became Chief Executive Officer in July 2013. At the time of joining, the position was a new and strategic addition to the executive team and came as the company embarked on a new period of growth. Mike’s current role as CEO includes the development, manufacture and global distribution of a range of current and future McLaren sports cars, including the McLaren 650S and McLaren P1™. Prior to joining McLaren, Mike was Vice President, Manufacturing, Ford of Europe, and Corporate Officer, Ford Motor Company. Before joining Ford, he held senior manufacturing and operations roles at TWR Group Limited, AutoNova AB and Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motor Cars Limited. He qualified in Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering in 1987 and completed a post-graduate qualification in Management and Project Management at Salford University in 1996.
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About McLaren Applied Technologies: McLaren Applied Technologies is a British technology company that works in conjunction with other companies.
Rodney O’Neal
CEO & President of Aptiv
Rodney O’Neal is the chief executive officer and president of Delphi. O’Neal began his automotive career at General Motors (GM) in 1971 as a student at General Motors Institute (currently Kettering University). In 1975, he joined the Inland Division where he held a number of engineering and manufacturing positions in Ohio, Portugal, and Canada. He was named director of industrial engineering for the former Chevrolet-Pontiac-GM of Canada Group in 1991 and the following year became a director of manufacturing for Delphi. O’Neal was named general director of Warehousing & Distribution for GM Service Parts Operations in 1994. In 1997, he was elected a GM vice president and named general manager of Delphi Interior Systems. When Delphi became an independent company following its spinoff from GM, O’Neal was elected a Delphi vice president and president of Delphi Interior Systems in November 1998. In 2000, O’Neal was named executive vice president of the former Safety, Thermal & Electrical Architecture Sector. O’Neal was named president of the Dynamics, Propulsion and Thermal Sector in 2003 and was named president and chief operating officer in 2005. He was named to his current position of chief executive officer in January, 2007. O’Neal earned a bachelor’s degree from General Motors Institute and a master’s degree from Stanford University. O’Neal serves on the board of directors for Delphi and the board of directors of Sprint/Nextel. O’Neal is a member of the Executive Leadership Council and former member of the board of directors for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, the board of directors for Inroads, Inc., the Michigan Manufacturers Association, the Woodward Governor Company and the advisory board for Focus: HOPE.
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About Aptiv: Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener, and more connected solutions, which enable the future of mobility.
Andrew Bissell
Founder and CEO of Sunamp
Andrew Bissell serves as Chief Executive Officer of Sunamp Limited. Andrew Bissell is a Founder of Toshiba Medical Visualization Systems Europe, Ltd. He is a successful technology entrepreneur, previously the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Voxar Limited which he grew to a business having the #1 global market share for 3D medical visualisation integrated into PACS. He founded Sunamp in 2005 and is responsible for the strategic direction of the business in terms of both technology and markets addressed. He also acts as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Architect, defining, maintaining and directing execution of the technology and product roadmaps for the business. Andrew Bissell is a graduate in Computer Science at The University of Edinburgh.
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About Sunamp: Sunamp is a company that provides industrial and residential heat battery storage systems.
Pasi William Sachiti
Founder & CEO of Academy of Robotics
William Sachiti is a UK based serial entrepreneur best known for creating a UK driverless car manufacture company competing with multinational incumbents such as Google, Uber and Tesla. The company designs and builds the autonomous vehicles in their UK warehouse. William has started and exited three previous tech start-ups in row, the latest MyCityVenue, an A.I. driven experiences platform serving 1.6 million users was acquired in 2015 by Secret Escapes. Before MyCityVenue, William was the the BBC Investment program Dragons Den, where he pitched a start-up, digital outdoor advertising on bins. The Dragons famously said he needs to be wheeled out of the bin. The company he pitched subsequently was licensed in several countries before being acquired. One of William’s first start-ups he started at 19, was called 123-registration. This company was also acquired for an undisclosed amount.
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About Academy of Robotics: The Academy of Robotics is a technology institute with an extraordinary technical team of engineers, scientists, and researchers.
Tom Elvidge
CEO Arrival Mobility UK & Chief of Product of Arrival
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About Arrival: Arrival is a developer and manufacturer of zero-emission, public transportation vehicles.
Denis Sverdlov
Founder & CEO of Arrival
Denis Sverdlov is the Founder at Kinetik and Arrival.
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About Arrival, Arrival Communications, Kinetik, Roborace: Arrival is a developer and manufacturer of zero-emission, public transportation vehicles.
Tom Wood
CEO of Cazana
Tom hails from a business & innovation background having led technology teams within investment banking and pharmaceutical sectors and founded and sold companies in the marketing technology space. Tom has always had a passion for cars and considers himself very lucky to work on his hobby every day.
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About Car and Classic, Cazana: Cazana data helps motor retailers, insurers and lenders digitally transform with big data and machine learning technology
Ed Leon Klinger
CEO of Flock Ltd.
Flock is a fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous vehicles. We provide personalised, seamless insurance products for commercial motor fleets, enabling and incentivising proactive risk management. We achieve this by leveraging connected vehicle & contextual data to quantify road risk on a per-second, per-meter basis, providing our customers with risk insights and highly personalised pricing that reflect their real risk profile. With Flock, safer fleets pay less. We’re on a mission to make the world a safer, smarter place. — I graduated from Oxford University (M.Eng – Engineering, Economics and Management) where I specialised in High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for brain cancer ablation. I graduated from Cambridge University (M.Phil – Technology Policy, Judge Business School), where I published papers for various academic think-tanks on the opportunities and risks of autonomous vehicles. I have past experience in Private Equity (The Blackstone Group), Technology Policy (Facebook Inc.), and have lived and worked in Asia, lecturing at Zhejiang University in China and at Hong Kong University.
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About Flock Ltd.: London-based insurtech building the world’s first fully digital insurance company for connected and autonomous commercial vehicles
Bola Adegbulu
Co-Founder and CEO of Predina Tech
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About Predina Tech: Building the Location Risk Intelligence platform for the future of Auto Insurance and Mobility
Philip Ellis
Co-Founder ,CEO & COO of Beryl
Phil is here to make sure that it happens. Phil approaches cycling with the same ripped down simplicity he does most outdoor pursuits, look good and go fast. In his case one or the other is usually achieved but rarely both. With a law degree, accountancy qualifications and consulting experience, Phil brings a triple threat of legal, financial and operational experience to Blaze.
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About Beryl: The UK’s leading micromobility company
Ming Kong
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of TG0
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About TG0: TG0 is an R&D start-up creating novel 3D controls.
Chris Harris
CEO of YASA
Chris joined YASA Motors as CEO in December 2011. He has over 25 years experience of building and leading high technology companies in the UK, US and Europe. He previously held the post of CEO at Light Blue Optics, a spin-out company from the University of Cambridge. Chris has a degree in Physics from the University of Oxford and a PhD from Imperial College.
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About Eight19, YASA: Yasa develops and manufactures electric motors and generators of high power and high torque density electric.
Nat Edington
CEO of Dukosi
Nat has over 20 years’ experience in fast paced technology companies, from start-ups and SMEs to global players. Prior to CCS, he was VP & General Manager at Wolfson Microelectronics for 8 years, managing their largest revenue businesses in excess of $100m with blue chip consumer customers. Previous roles include Board Directorship, General Management, Business Development, Strategic Marketing and Engineering in the semiconductor, electronic products and manufacturing sectors
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About Dukosi, Dukosi: Dukosi is bringing new technology to market drawing on its extensive experience in battery systems
Dominic Clark
Founder & CEO of TyresOnTheDrive.com
Dominic Clark is a Founder & CEO at Tyres on the Drive.
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About TyresOnTheDrive.com: TyresOnTheDrive.com is an online business offering a huge variety of tyres, with mobile tyre fitting, tyre repairs, and recycling services.
Peter Blease
Chairman & CEO of Nexus Business Solutions
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About Nexus Business Solutions: Nexus Business Solutions is a leading service provider to the automotive industry.
Andrius Balkunas
CEO & Founder of ParcelABC
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About ParcelABC: ParcelABC is a logistics company that unites thousands of local and international delivery companies.
Yodit Stanton
Founder and CEO of OpenSensors
Software and Data engineer working to helping people understand their physical space. Currently growing OpenSensors. OpenSensors aggregates data from a variety of sensors for the next generation of smart Building Management Systems. Our dashboards help you make the most effective use of your office space. With experience in helping more than 100 companies to combine data from new workplace sensors seamlessly, interoperating it with existing and familiar mobile and desktop systems, we aim to give you a fully comprehensive overview.
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About OpenSensors: OpenSensors is an internet of things company that builds a connected world that puts people first.
Jamieson Christmas
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Envisics
Founder and CEO of Envisics, Jamieson Christmas has over 300 patents and was awarded the prestigious SID Ben Sturgeon Award in 2013 for his significant contribution to the field of displays. An inspirational and passionate leader with a wealth of experience managing and developing teams. His unique multidisciplinary background in science, engineering and design has enabled this world-leading expert in the field of holographic technologies to push forward the commercial realisation of cutting edge technology. In 2009, Dr. Christmas founded Two Trees Photonics where he further developed holographic technology for the automotive industry. In 2018, Dr. Christmas founded Envisics with the intent to completely transform the in-car experience with its holographic technology.
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About Envisics: Envisics develops a dynamic holography platform for cars, providing enhanced dashboards of information to drivers.
Maya Pindeus
Co-Founder, CEO of Humanising Autonomy
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About Humanising Autonomy: Humanising Autonomy is building the global standard for human machine interactions.
Justin Ott
CEO of Spark EV Technology
CEO at Spark EV Technology.
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About Spark EV Technology: Spark develops and supplies personalised journey prediction and map display software products for electric vehicles.
Tim P. Buchan
Chief Executive Officer of Zenith
Tim manages the corporate direction and strategy for Zenith and is responsible for directing our proposition, our leadership team, our innovative approach and our new business growth. Under Tim’s leadership Zenith has moved 24 places up the Fleet News 50 list of top leasing and fleet management companies, led the company to the successful integration of Zenith and Leasedrive, introduced the organisation into a European market and propelled the company to being placed in The Sunday Times Top 100 companies to work for.
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Andrew Kirby
CEO, Rental of Zenith
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Ian Hughes
CEO – Car & Van division of Zenith
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About Zenith: Zenith is an independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Graeme Risby
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Hiyacar
Graeme Risby is Co-Founder and CEO of HiyaCar. Simply put, HiyaCar is the Airbnb for motor cars with all the insurance barriers overcome, matching car hirers with car owners and changing the way we use cars forever. Graeme is a social entrepreneur who believes strongly in using technology and peer-to-peer networks to improve people’s lives, make new friends and bring communities together.
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About Hiyacar: Hiyacar is a UK peer to peer car sharing platform.
Mark Roberts
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lightfoot
Mark Roberts is a Founder and CEO at Lightfoot and Ashwoods Electric Motors.
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About Ashwoods Electric Motors, Lightfoot: Lightfoot is a fresh, vibrant, and highly innovative cleantech engineering company.
Guillem Singla Buxarrais
Co-Founder and CEO of Neurofenix
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About MedTech Innovator, Neurofenix: Neurofenix is aiming to make rehabilitation more autonomous, enjoyable and accessible to stroke victims.
Sébastien Louit
CEO of mondaycar
Sébastien Louit is the CEO and founder of mondaycar. He also co-founded magic makers, coding classes for kids. This edTech startup ranked in the top 10 French edTech startup in 2016. He exited in 2018.
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About mondaycar: Hassle-free car subscription
Gregory Lykiardopoulos
CEO of Triton Distribution Systems
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About Privileged World Travel Club, Triton Distribution Systems: Triton Distribution Systems offers proprietary products and services that fill crucial needs in the travel industry.
Shravane Balabasqer
Founder | CEO of Carbon Analytics
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About Carbon Analytics: A granular asset focused carbon intelligence & offsetting platform for active industrial decarbonisation across the value chain.
Michael Brockman
CEO of ThingCo
Mike Brockman is the founder and chief executive of Insure The Box, a UK telematics insurer whose majority shareholding was acquired by Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Europe in 2015. A self-confessed rebel, he started the venture in 2009 in the midst of the recession, against the advice of others. But with an extensive career in motor insurance and prior experience of setting up companies, if anyone could make it happen, he could.
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About ThingCo: Telematics, Cars, IoT, SaaS, Insurance, ADAS, Intelligent voice,Automotive
Neil Packham
CEO | President International of CDK Global
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About CDK Global: CDK Global is transforming how cars, trucks, and vehicles of all kinds are marketed, sold, and serviced around the world.
Arshia Gratiot
Founder and CEO of Third Space Auto
I am an innovator, strategist, product marketer, intrapreneur and advertising professional with 15+ years of multidisciplinary experience in design strategy, digital experience planning, product marketing, marketing communications and advertising in the FMCG and telecoms industry. With a career that’s spanned 5 countries, I’ve had the opportunity to work across markets and on a myriad number of products and brands. My passion lies in technology and the power it has to transform businesses and people’s lives. This is where I’ve focused the last 8 years of my professional life. I’ve launched products and services across the globe, provided strategic support for future focused innovation projects and acted as a change agent in demonstrating a more user-centered and collaborative way of working in heavily matrixed organisations. My focus has been on evangelising the customer inside the corporate environment. In the last 4 years I’ve had the opportunity to work with one of the best design teams in the technology space. I’ve gained a strong understanding of design thinking as a discipline and its application in the creation of innovative products, user experiences and value propositions. On a personal level I am passionate about developments in the digital world because it has the power to improve the quality of the physical world and help create a greener planet for our children. I started Third Space Auto because I can see the parallels between the mobile industry when the iphone dropped in 2007 and sent shock waves all around. Today next to none of the behemoths of that time have survived. The same will happen to the auto industry if there isn’t a mindset change. I want to help create it and help them navigate it too.
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About Drone Space AI., Third Space Auto: Head-quartered in London, UK with development teams in Finland and India.
Limvirak Chea
Co-founder & CEO of Fixter
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About Fixter: Fixter is an end-to-end online car maintenance service.
Mike Gascoyne
Founder & CEO of MGI Engineering
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About MGI Engineering: MGI Engineering provides technology and engineering solutions on improving various kinds of transportation.
Henry Catchpole
Founder & CEO of Inform Direct
Henry is the Founder and CEO of Inform Direct – an online tool that helps business owners and their accountants manage the records of 1,000s of companies. Prior to that Henry ran Suffolk Life for over a decade before it was acquired by Legal & General. Henry built Suffolk Life Group from an 8 employee team with £3 million in assets under management to a 200 person team with £3.5 Billion under management.
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About Inform Direct: Easy to use Online Company Records Management for companies in the UK.
Paul Gilshan
CEO of Tusker
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About Tusker, Tusker: Tusker is the UKs market leading and award winning salary sacrifice car provider.
Pratik Patel
Founder & CEO of RideKleen
Pratik is an environmental engineer from Drexel University whose passion for cars gave him the idea of combining both industries to come up with a viable and effective eco-friendly solution for car cleaning. As a sports car enthusiast himself, he knew what cars mean to their owners and the importance of a clean ride. In addition, Pratik realized the need for a reputable, national mobile cleaning company that can deliver consistent work for companies with fleets of vehicles. Now with over 8 years of experience in the auto cleaning and customer service industry, he is the Chief Executive Officer of RideKleen.
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About RideKleen: RideKleen is a mobile cleaning and fleet management company.
Andrew Hart
CEO of SBD Automotive
Andrew is a strong believer in the role that great market research can (and should) play in helping companies innovate. He is responsible for setting the direction of research within SBD, and ensuring that the key messages are clearly communicated to customers and the wider industry. Whilst originally from a mechanical engineering background, he now works tirelessly with customers and speaks passionately at conferences to encourage a change of mind-set within the automotive industry away from engineering-based solutions and towards consumer-centric innovations.
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About SBD Automotive: SBD provides independent research and consultancy, informing business decisions on the latest automotive technologies.
Bob Skerrett
CEO, IMS, Insurance Division of IMS – Part of Trak Global Group
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About IMS – Part of Trak Global Group: IMS (Insurance & Mobility Solutions) is a global provider of connected car solutions, services, and analytics.
John Bowers
Founder & CEO of JCC Bowers
Changing the future of transportation as CEO of JCC Bowers. Soon all cars will be connected. Our innovative device, Cobalt Auta, makes your vehicle smarter than a Tesla. Launching 2017, Cobalt Auta turns any vehicle into an artificially intelligent, WiFi-enabled, theft-resistant vehicle capable of driving itself. Entrepreneur. Emerging technology specialist. Corporate economist. Expert strategist. Unapologetic about breaking the status quo. Tattooed dad who skipped uni to go straight into business. Let’s envision a better world together. Better yet, let’s build it.
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About JCC Bowers: Cobalt Auta delivers the future of transportation.
Andy Hibbert
CEO and Founder of Car & Away
An experienced senior executive of the travel sector who has led, grown and sold travel-related businesses that were private equity backed. Most recently led Reed & Mackay through 9 years of EBITDA growth +20% CAGR. Led the sale of the business from Living Bridge to ECI Partners returning 4.8x returns. Grew the business for 4 further years resulting in the sale of the business from ECI to Inflexion at 3.4x returns. Previous experience as Head of Ancillary for easyJet, Online / Commercial Director for STA Travel and a combination of Management, Commercial, Pricing, and Aircraft trading roles at British Airways.
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About Car & Away, Karshare: Car & Away offers peer-to-peer car lending and renting.
Eric Oakley
Group Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director of Haynes Group
Eric Oakley is Group Chief Executive Officer & Executive Director at Haynes.
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About Haynes Group: Haynes Group Provides online sales of car manuals and automotive related sites.
Charles Smith
CEO of Collision Management Systems
Charles is the founder and driving force behind CMS taking it from concept to successful funding and sales success. His technical background and work in fleet and insurance sectors has given him a deep knowledge of telematics and vehicle data, along with an unprejudiced take on the claims environment. This provides him with a unique understanding of how digital transformation will reshape future commercial models and services.
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About Collision Management Systems: Democratising access to corporate and sensor data to make the world safer
Andrew Whitehead
CEO of Protean Electric
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About Protean Electric: Protean Electric is a global automotive technology firm.
Aldo Monteforte
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of The Floow
As CEO Aldo leads the sales and business development efforts and is responsible for growing The Floow into the world leading provider of analytical insights at the service of the global automotive ecosystem. He conceived and founded The Floow in 2012, with the vision of making vehicles safer and cheaper for all. In particular Aldo saw the potential to transform the telematics industry from the convergence of mobile technologies, large scale data mining and psychology applied to driver behaviour. After a career in investment banking, in 2000 Aldo became an entrepreneur and investor in high growth telematics companies.
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About The Floow: The Floow designs the world’s most advanced and lowest-cost telematic systems to make vehicles safer and cheaper for all.
Douglas Rotberg
CEO and Co-Founder of Book My Garage
Douglas Rotberg is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Motorists Organisation.
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About Book My Garage, The Motorists Organisation: BookMyGarage.com is the UK’s only unbiased, real-time, car servicing comparison site, serving the needs of car owners and garages alike.
Chris Smith
CEO of G-volution
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About G-volution: G-volution provides Multi-Fuel technology, which enables engines to simultaneously combust diesel with gas and other fuels.
Maximillion Cooper
Founder & CEO of Gumball 3000
Maximillion Cooper is a Founder & CEO at Gumball 3000.
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About Gumball 3000: The Gumball 3000 is an annual British 3,000-mile international motor rally which takes place on public roads.
Kevin Donaghy
Chief Executive Officer of AuditComply
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About AuditComply: AuditComply is an Integrated Risk Management platform.
Revannth N Murugesan
CEO of Antonym
A visionary mobility entrepreneur, investor, speaker, engineer, former motorsport racer, and an ardent environmentalist. Currently heading an award-winning automotive tech company that is developing electric self-driving vehicles.
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About Antonym: Award-winning electric autonomous transportation addressing the £1.8 trillion road freight market.
Andrew Jervis
Co-Founder and CEO of ClickMechanic
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About ClickMechanic: ClickMechanic is an online marketplace for users to find mechanics.
Gabriel Giani
CEO of BARO Vehicles
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About BARO Vehicles, idomotics: Tech company that develops products for self driving cars and mobile robots with AI. Building the bridge to autonomous vehicles!
Jonathan Morris
CEO of DriveTribe
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About DriveTribe: DriveTribe is a digital media platform that allows businesses to create & publish automobile-related contents to their customers.
Robin North
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Lead Technologist of Immense
Building tools to support fleets and mobility. Development, implementation, field test and evaluation of complex transport systems across multiple modes. Environmental monitoring and modelling methodologies for the appraisal of transport systems and projects. Identification and development of innovation opportunities for multiple stakeholders.
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About Immense: A global decision-support platform for new mobility
Lee Streets
Chief Executive Officer of Evolution Funding
Lee Streets is the chief executive officer of Evolution Funding. He graduated from Nottingham Business School with a BA Hons in financial services.
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About Evolution Funding: Evolution Funding provides motor finance and technology solution for dealers to generate leads, improve compliance, and sell more vehicles.
Ali Clabburn
Founder and CEO of Liftshare.com
Ali Clabburn is Founder & Managing Director at Liftshare.com
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About Liftshare.com: Liftshare.com is a car sharing system provider in the UK.
Stephen Chan
CEO of YourCar
Stephen graduated from Imperial College London with a masters degree in engineering. He has had experience working as a financial advisor with KPMG in London, advising multinational corporations and investment funds on merger and acquisitions. It is also during his time in Europe when he experienced the freedom and flexibility offered by carsharing services and since moving back to Hong Kong, he has put together a team and developed the necessary infrastructure and technology to offer a similar service in Hong Kong.
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About YourCar: YourCar originated from the many carsharing concepts and real life examples from around the world.
James Wilkinson
CEO of Zuto
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About Zuto: Zuto is a team of car buying experts that offers one-on-one service, vehicle history checks, and free vehicle valuation checks.
Matt Lewis
Founder, CEO of Synaptiv
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About Synaptiv: Synaptiv is a connected car platform helping fleets and car makers monetise the data generated by their connected vehicles.
Mark Raban
Chief Executive Officer of Lookers
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About Lookers: The Lookers Group offer new and used cars from leading manufacturers, as well as extensive aftersales services.
Rashide Carvalho
Founder and CEO of Whipgo
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About Whipgo: Whipgo.com is a platform where you can rent vehicles in seconds without the hassle of rental agreements and documents.
Marcin Piatkowski
Founder & CEO of JIVR
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About JIVR: JIVR is a hassle-free commuting bike, allowing you to enjoy the benefits of cycling, without any lifestyle compromises.
Giles Smith
Chief Executive Officer of G-Forces Web Management Ltd
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About G-Forces Web Management Ltd: We deliver class-leading automotive ecommerce solutions throughout the UK, Europe, America, APAC and MENA.
Sinthuran Thevaraj
CEO of Booking My Taxi
Sinthuran Thevaraj is the CEO at Booking My Taxi.
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About Booking My Taxi: A taxi comparison site for Bristol and Somerset
Paul Andrews
Founder & CEO of Oaktec
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About Oaktec: OakTec is an engineering research specialist with a history of world-leading innovation in low carbon vehicle powertrain technologies.
Paul Andrews
Founder & CEO of Oaktec
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About Oaktec: OakTec is an engineering research specialist with a history of world-leading innovation in low carbon vehicle powertrain technologies.
William Harvey
CEO / Founder of camono
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About camono: camono is a SaaS procurement startup that connects buyers with suppliers to save time and costs.
