Phil has led businesses and company start-ups around the world in a career spanning over 35 years. He spent many of those years as an executive at Jaguar Land Rover, having joined as a graduate of Aston University in 1988. He spent time based in the UK, South Africa and North America and went on to take responsibility for the company’s worldwide commercial operations as a member of the global executive team that presided over the business’ most successful period of growth.

In 2014, he joined the British luxury yacht manufacturer, Sunseeker as CEO and oversaw a notable period of growth and a return to profitability through the development and implementation of a comprehensive brand repositioning, product and industrialisation strategy. In 2018 he became CEO of Lotus Cars and lead the development of a major turnaround and growth plan which included a move into new sectors, new markets and a full electrification strategy.

In April 2021, Phil decided to move out of his full-time executive career to establish his own consultancy firm which is focussed on supporting organisations embarking on transformational change. He currently sits as a non-executive director on several boards and is an adviser to a wide spectrum of companies and charitable organisations.

Sarah is a hugely respected professional and successful leader with international experience across UK, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, India and Asia-Pacific. She has exceptional strategic, managerial and operational expertise, supported by a detailed understanding of the luxury and automotive industry. Sarah has experience delivering growth and Return-On-Investment through various consumer channels such as Travel, FMCG, Luxury retail, Property and Future Mobility. She has experience in IPO & capital-raising activities and restructuring small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) to future proof their growth. Her cross functional leadership approach has delivered ambitious strategic plans that became market benchmarks.

Sarah has led substantial growth plans for some of the most successful brands like Porsche and Bentley. She lead a £bn revenue business across importer, retail and motorsport as CEO of Porsche UK and also grew Bentley Motors’ International regions to a significant turnover benchmark for the brand. Beyond luxury automotive business, she recently advised a £30m turnover SME which included haulage, warehousing, commercial property and Golf club at BHI Group.

Sarah currently advises various businesses across automotive, Fragrance, Retail and Digital Services at Board level. On a personal note, Sarah recently acquired a Golf and Country club that is undergoing a multimillion-pound renovation programme.

Tim is a distinguished product development executive with a unique profile of international and professional experience and achievements over a 45 year career in the global automotive industry.

He started his career at the Rover group and worked in several senior roles leading to becoming the Product Director for Land Rover. Under the BMW Group, he led the development of Rolls Royce brand with its first product – the Phantom VII from Germany. He led the global growth of JCB as their Group Engineering Director playing a leading role in founding JCB Power Systems business and the successful JCB Dieselmax world land speed record project in 2006. He then led Tata Motors’ cars, trucks and buses product and business revival as the Group Chief Technical Officer in India. More recently, Tim was the CEO for Project Vector – a Jaguar Land- Rover new mobility spin-off.

Tim is a leading figurehead in the automotive and technology sector and an Advisor to C suite executives in blue chip international companies. He is a British national based in the UK with fluency in German and working level French.

James is a globally recognised professional in Communications, PR and Brand. He is highly skilled & experienced in these areas, strategic in his approach and extremely well-connected. James is entrepreneurial, enterprising and has a creative and innovative delivery approach. James has held several senior and founder/partnership roles in notable companies in both agency and corporate environments and at an international stage. He brings over two decades of knowledge, expertise and wellcurated connections within the global automotive, transport, communications, luxury and lifestyle brand sectors.

Some notable areas of expertise and achievements include international brand positioning (with rich recent experience of introducing Chinese brands as global players as they expand outside of their home market), Brand repositioning (leading the transformation of brands through communications, with notable examples in the automotive sector with established car marques repositioning to luxury, tech and mobility brands), technology transformation (leading brands’ re-invention through the tech revolution sweeping through global industry, from electrification to automation and beyond).

After a productive mix of corporate and entrepreneurial roles, James is now involved in advisory roles encompassing areas of specialist PR, Communications and Brand strategy with interests ranging from sporting properties to the auto, luxury and lifestyle sectors.

Matt is a seasoned and visionary brand professional with a proven track record in global automotive and luxury brands such as Porsche, Harley-Davidson, and Rolls-Royce. Most recently, he served as the Chief Marketing Officer responsible for the global brand and marketing strategy of Apollo, a Hong Kong-listed future mobility company.

Throughout his career, Matt’s visionary and results-driven approach to brand strategy has contributed significantly to the enhanced value and commercial success of renowned businesses. He spearheaded the complete re-brand of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, a historic feat after 115 years, and successfully managed the brand and launch strategy for the acclaimed Rolls-Royce Black Badge offering and the introduction of the Cullinan, the first RR SUV. These initiatives not only bolstered sales but also supported a decrease in the global consumer average age.

Matt’s extensive expertise spans innovative marketing strategies, brand management, digital marketing, and customer-centric initiatives. As a data-driven leader, he has excelled in cross-functional team management and optimizing marketing efforts for maximum ROI. His forward-thinking approach is dedicated to delivering unparalleled customer experiences and fostering brand loyalty. With a multidisciplinary background in marketing, product development, and customer service, Matt holistically approaches customer-centric strategies, driving business success and resonating with the target audience.

Trevor is an experienced automotive business leader, recognised for creating opportunity from disruption, delivering transformation and achieving sustainable growth. His success is based on strong personal leadership, critical thinking and clear communication, partnering and relationship building.

Trevor is highly respected by his peers with international experience across UK, Europe, Middle-East, Africa, India and Asia-Pacific. He brings over 30 years of international automotive experience with global organisations such as Lotus, Bentley, Bugatti, McClaren, Mercedes Benz, Porsche, Audi & VW including end-to-end business leadership, creation and implementation of strategy, driving innovation, organisational transformation, project delivery, corporate development and board level governance.

Trevor brings a unique blend of hands-on experience in automobile manufacturer headquarters to the retail channels. He recently led the retail network development for Lotus Cars including network strategy & planning, training academy, corporate identity development and implementation, direct sales network and residual value management in-line with the company’s 10-year ambitious plan. Trevor currently advises companies on global retail development, high-net worth individual sales, new market-entry and retail profitability.

Ravi is an experienced interim Change and Transformation Leader with experience across multiple industries. Ravi is a natural leader who quickly builds credibility, trusted relationships and inspires confidence in teams to execute brilliantly. He quickly gains the trust of senior leaders to deliver their most important strategic and commercial programmes of change. A problem solver, skilled listener, advocate of openly challenging established ways of working and traditional thinking.

Ravi gained deep industrial insight and transformation experience, working with some of the world’s biggest brands helping them solve their most complex challenges. Ravi redesigned Bentley’s product development process to focus on low volume with the result of dramatically reducing rework and cost. He helped Shell scale modular design and repeatability in capital projects , as well as improved data retention and management, securing a $400m investment in new tools and capability. Ravi returned to Bentley to build their customer centricity programme, centred around a reimagining of the how Bentley engages and relates to its customers. Bentley partnered with Salesforce to deliver the tools and capability to deliver the change. He has worked globally, leading teams in the UK, US, India, Europe and Australia.

Ravi has been nominated to a number of advisory board positions and is a trusted advisor and connector across the Tech and Luxury sectors.

Tom is an experienced executive search professional with over 20 years in the industry working at national and international level working with global, national and SME clients to appoint key individuals and build teams. Tom has built long lasting, trusting relationships with a range of clients in sectors including automotive, aerospace, defence, energy and sport. He has worked closely with boards to agree the strategic and tactical goals of their businesses and fulfil the people-based solutions to achieve these objectives.

Some of Tom’s key clients include Bentley Motors, Jaguar Land Rover, Aston Martin, Delphi, GKN, Goodyear Dunlop, ATS, Ricardo, Livent, BAE Systems, Tata Steel, Amadeus, Talk Talk, Manchester United, RFL, Sale Sharks, UK Athletics and Aston Villa. He successfully built a team of @150 coaches to deliver a major employee engagement programme for a multi-national engineering business in the UK and The Netherlands identifying and assessing suitable individuals to work in key teams to achieve the client’s targets. Tom worked closely with the board of a major automotive OEM to identify future talent requirements in the UK and internationally as the business changed its position in the market.

Tom is working with investor organisations to support target and recently acquired businesses to build their leadership and project teams across multiple locations. This includes extensive research, talent mapping and assessment to enable these organisations to build their market position and gain competitive advantage.

Geoff is a widely respected automotive business leader and COO with immense experience in market development across the UK, US, China, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East.  A mentor and an Executive coach well known for his highly collaborative and supportive style, Geoff has strategically and operationally led teams across all five continents and is expert in improving and optimising cross-functional and cross-cultural working.

He has overseen significant business growth in his roles with Harley-Davidson, Porsche Cars and Bentley, where he led the market development of China into becoming it’s principal market as well as re-igniting Bentley Mulliner back to substantial growth, market presence and profitability.  As COO of the Al Habtoor Motors Group in the UAE he led the operations of a $bn business with a team of 1500 across seven brands.

Most recently as the Executive Director – Sales and Aftersales for Group Lotus Geoff led the project establishing Lotus as the first manufacturer globally to adopt a direct sales agency model in its home market. Geoff is currently advising a variety of companies within the automotive arena and working as an Executive Coach for senior leaders and managers.

Mark Stanton is an experienced C-level executive with over 41 years of expertise in automotive engineering around the world. Known for his passion in all things automotive, Mark has played a leading role in the engineering of some of the most exciting premium vehicles to have reached the market during his time at Jaguar Land Rover and more recently in China with the groundbreaking Human Horizons’ HiPhi products.

Mark started his career with Ford in 1983 working in the UK in Research and Advanced Vehicle Concepts. Over the next 23 years he progressed through the business living and working in the UK, Europe and for several years in the US before finally attaining the position of Chief Engineer for Small Cars worldwide. This role required him to coordinate Ford teams in Europe, Australia, India, China, Brazil, South America and Japan (with Mazda). In 2006, Mark was moved by Ford to JLR and became Director of Vehicle Engineering responsible for all JLR products. He was a key member of the senior management team that transformed the company into a successful and profitable business. From 2016, Mark was director of Special Vehicle Operations, responsible for JLR’s most extreme luxury and performance products. In 2018, Mark left JLR and became Co-Founder and CTO of Human Horizons, a new Chinese start-up technology company, who set out to make smart EV’s that would “redefine human mobility”. The company successfully launched the HiPhi X in May, 2021, less than 3.5 years after it was founded, and followed this with the Z and Y — an incredible achievement given that these are arguably the most technically advanced EV’s in the world.

Mark currently advises businesses in technical & product development areas and scaling up businesses especially in the electric vehicle arena.

Jolyon has built an impressive career over 30 years in the automotive industry in a number of commercial roles at both national and global levels, working with both luxury and premium brands. He is highly recognised business leader in the field of luxury industry sales, marketing and brand building. He has a proven track record of business growth and success.

Jolyon spent 7 years leading the commercial function at McLaren Automotive as Executive Director of Global Sales and Marketing, during which time McLaren’s sales grew by 230%. Before McLaren, Jolyon was Member of the Board of Management, Global Sales and Marketing for Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, and during his 5-year tenure Rolls-Royce sales increased by over 350%. Prior to these roles in the UK, Jolyon worked internationally and notably in South Africa where he helped develop the Volkswagen and BMW brands.

Jolyon has undertaken interim and advisory roles in the marine and automotive industries. He was hired as Interim Chief Commercial Officer at Cox Marine and has worked as a Strategic Advisor to Briggs Automotive Company. He is currently engaged in helping brands and companies grow in the commercial space as the luxury and automotive industry undergoes drastic transformation.

Rajeev is a seasoned Automotive sector executive with a proven track record in developing profitable product strategies for local Indian, Asia-Pacific and Global markets. He has worked with notable automotive groups and brands like Mahindra, Tata Motors, General Motors and Stellantis in leading their success in international markets.

Rajeev built his expertise in Product Strategy, Planning and Definition through his experience over three decades. He built his knowledge in the Automotive Product domain by immersing himself in all areas that link it with the consumer – Vehicle Service, Field Service, Product Marketing, Program Management, Advance Product and Portfolio planning. He built his Product expertise globally by working in India, Singapore, China and Brazil. He led the Propulsion Planning for General Motor’s International operations and led the Product strategy and planning for the Jeep brand in India.

Rajeev has worked in diverse teams and with multiple functions to deliver solutions to complex challenges. His deep understanding of the automotive business enabled him to profitably build a product pipeline for the many brands in India. Being an avid auto enthusiast he has a well curated network which spans experts across the motorsport fraternity and automotive journalists.

Dutchman Michael van der Sande has more than 30 years of experience leading some of the most iconic automotive brands globally. Michael holds an MBA from Nyenrode University, has lived and worked in the United Kingdom, United States, France and The Netherlands and has done business in more than 60 countries around the world. Michael speaks English, Dutch, German and French.

Michael has world class expertise in the leadership and development of brand-led automotive businesses. His previous roles include VP and Managing Director, Harley-Davidson EMEA; SVP Global Sales, Marketing & Service, Tesla; Chief Commercial Officer, Aston Martin Lagonda and CMO, Renault Group. Between 2015 and 2018, Michael led the re-establishment of the iconic Alpine brand and the introduction of the critically acclaimed Alpine A110. Between 2018 and 2022, Michael led the profitable expansion of Jaguar Land Rover’s Special Vehicle Operations division, including the development of the hugely successful Range Rover and Range Rover Sport SV models.

In late 2023, Michael decided to step out of his corporate career to establish his Amsterdam-based consulting firm, advising clients in Europe and beyond. His primary areas of focus are international business growth, product strategy and brand management. He is particularly interested in how premium businesses establish pricing power and generate lasting profits.

Ralph is the founder and CEO of W Motors based in Dubai, UAE. A true pioneer in the Middle East region, Ralph has successfully positioned W Motors as one of the most exclusive hypercar manufacturers in the world and the first automotive manufacturer and future mobility provider from the region.

With a background in Economics and Automotive Design, Ralph embarked on an ambitious journey of building Middle East region’s first automotive company. In just over a decade, he successfully built a company that is fully integrated with activities ranging from automotive design, research & development to engineering and manufacturing, as well as automotive consultancy within its Special Projects Division for advanced technology development and special purpose projects. W Motors delivered the acclaimed hypercar Lykan that featured in Universal Studios’ “Furious 7”. It has also developed a special vehicles division that delivered the Ghiath Smart Patrol for Dubai Police and Electric MPV for NWTN Motors and the Muse Autonomous Vehicle. In 2019, W Motors became the first private company to join Nasdaq Dubai’s Private Market

Ralph has been bestowed with several international awards, including the Arab Nations “United Nations Foundation for Creative Entrepreneurship”, “The Visionary Entrepreneur of the Year 2013 Award”, “The Luxury Arab World Award 2015”, “BIAF 2015 Award”, “2015 GITEX Innovator of the year Award” and the “Young Global Leaders Middle East”, “Automotive CEO of the year 2019 Award” as well as being featured in the top 100 most influential Arab business leaders and top 10 young entrepreneurs in the region, YPO Member since 2019