Advisory Group

Expert insights from world-leading brands
Our Advisory Group

The Ennis & Co Advisory Group comprises a broad range of senior leaders from across the automotive sector who have valuable insight into industry developments.

The Group’s purpose is not to advise Ennis & Co on how to operate our business but to give us access to real-time industry knowledge in a confidential forum and to enable us to identify key skill shortages.

It’s a crucial part of our business because we learn so much from members’ experiences.

The Group provides mutual benefits. Just as we learn about the latest industry developments, we are able to feed back to members about our own perspectives on the automotive talent market.

Member companies

Allianz, Aston Martin, Auto Trader, Bentley, BMW, Cazoo, CDK Global, CENEX, cinch, CitNOW, Cox Automotive, Envisage Group, Ford, Harley-Davidson, Hitachi Rail, IHS Markit, IMS Tech, Inchcape, Inspire, Jardine Motors Group, JATO, JLR, LEVC, Lookers Plc, Lotus Cars, Marshall Motor Group, McLaren Automotive, Mission Motorsport, Mitsubishi, Nissan Motor GB, Procter & Gamble, Splend, The IMI, Toyota GB, TrustFord, Vertu Motors, Volkswagen, Volvo Cars.

Previous speakers

We have had the honour of welcoming a range of prestigious speakers to our biannual Advisory Group meetings to discuss the latest developments affecting the automotive industry. They include:

Alison Jones PSA Groupe

Alison Jones

Senior Vice President Global Circular Economy, Stellantis

Alison is an experienced board level commercial chief executive with a strong track record and a resilient and empowering leadership style. Alison has been widely recognised as a strong and visionary leader, evidenced in her appointment as Barbara Cox Woman of the Year 2020. 

Isobel Dando Pivotal

Isobel Dando

Chief Executive Officer, MOKE International

Isobel is currently the CEO of MOKE International. Throughout her career, Isobel has covered a number of strategic and commercial roles, during which time she has gained a broad understanding of the automotive sector. 

David Krajicek JATO

David Krajicek

Chief Executive Officer, JATO Dynamics

David has spent the majority of his career within data and insight providers and is currently Chief Executive Officer at JATO Dynamics. He is a global C-suite executive who helps organisations find their purpose and successfully execute on it. 

Andy-Goss

Andy Goss

Chairman, Vertu Motors

Andy has vast experience of the global automotive industry. He was appointed CEO of Porsche for the UK and Ireland in 1999 before moving to Jaguar Land Rover in 2011 to lead the company’s North American interests. He was promoted to the main board of JLR in 2013.

Daksh-Gupta

Daksh Gupta

Former Group CEO, Marshall Motor Holdings Plc

Daksh has more 27 years’ experience in the automotive retail sector and joined Marshalls in 2008 as its CEO. He was previously a franchise director for Inchcape, responsible for the Volkswagen, Audi and Mercedes-Benz brands. He is vice-chairman of the UK automotive industry charity, BEN.

Clare-Martin-

Clare Wright

Group HR Director, Jardine Motors Group

Clare is responsible for the people strategy for 3,500 employees at JMG. In 2018, she was the winner of Autocar’s Great British Women award in the HR category and, in 2019, she won an Inspiring Automotive Women Award.

Ian-plummer

Ian Plummer

Commercial Director, Auto Trader

Ian joined Auto Trader, the UK’s largest digital automotive marketplace, in 2017. He has more than 20 years’ experience of the automotive industry, having held senior positions across the sector spanning international OEM head offices, national sales companies and retailers.

Mike Johnstone Volvo

Mike Johnstone

Vice-President, Commercial , Group Lotus

Mike is an experienced Sales & Marketing Director with a strong background working with widely dispersed senior management teams for global brands. Mike is now leading Group Lotus’ global commercial operations, reporting to CEO. 

Felix Leuschner, Cazoo

Felix Leuschner

Former Business Development Director, Cazoo

Felix worked as Founder & CEO at Drover for many years before his current role. His entrepreneurial drive and skills in E-commerce, venture capital, strategy, and web analytics have served him well throughout his impressive career and he brings an interesting perspective to our forum, having developed start-ups both within and outside of the automotive sector.

Steve Fine, Lumina

Steven Fine

Managing Director, Inspire Training and Development (Lumina Learning)

Through his role at Inspire Training and Development, Steven gains access to an incredible source of data in organisational development tools and training programmes. By supporting businesses to get more from their people and individuals to get more from their work, Steven’s insights into organisational behaviours spans across the organisational hierarchy.

Andrew Humberstone, Nissan

Andrew Humberstone

Vice President and Managing Director, Nissan GB

Vice President and Managing Director at Nissan GB, Andrew Humberstone views his role as a change agent and somewhat of a disruptor who helps in business transformation. Currently overseeing 25 countries and their respective independent national sales companies, his goals are identifying business needs and meeting those needs with capabilities, solutions and strategies that lead to business advantage.