I was the Founder and Managing Director of a specialist luxury car dealership established for some 30 years enhancing and retailing Land Rover, Range Rover, BMW, Porsche, Mercedes and other prestige marques. The business designed and built bespoke limited edition motorcars with its own exclusive brand of aerodynamic styling products, wheels, tuning and performance products offering a bespoke tailored vehicle to the customer. The business was focused around the vehicle build centre with 10 staff in the workshop and paint-shop and a 40 car sales department with 6 sales and administration staff all under my control.
I am an exceptional and highly experienced leader with top level skill set in management, sales, marketing and design along with a very strong operational background, hugely resourceful, adaptable and highly driven who would be a great asset to any prestige brand looking for an innovative and passionate leader focussed on increasing revenue and developing into new areas. I am a powerful, resilient problem solver who works with an entrepreneurial spirit to bring results, along with engaging and captivating a team with foresight into future projects and strategies.
Unfortunately, the business I previously founded was hit hard through the Covid Pandemic while moving sites, extensive remodelling of new product range into new markets just as the first lockdown took hold. We sort incoming investment to support the move and new product range which was due December 2022 but regrettably was not deployed. This left the business in a vulnerable position and with a very heavy heart the 30 year old family business I founded was put into liquidation in January 2023. Over the last few months I have been working on supporting the administration team and now this input has finished, I am actively seeking an exciting new career.
Online Shopify Store Retailing AVR Branded styling & tuning parts for sports/prestige/SUV motor cars, this does not require my daily management or input we have a team supporting this in sales & administration. I develop new products on a consultancy basis with a team from my previous business in a small capacity.
Set up and ran a successful used car business from home as my first business with a friend. Specialising in sports and hot hatch backs of the period. This was a successful first endeveour and ultimately lead me to branching out alone in time and starting Autovogue UK limited in 1996
Enjoying the countryside
Following all things F1 & Motorsport
Spending time with friends & family