Laura Haskins is Chief People Officer for CitNOW Group. Beginning her career in HR over 15 years ago, she has completed a wide range of roles within a people function, joining the CitNOW Group leadership team six years ago. Founded in 2008, CitNOW Group has been at the forefront of digitising the automotive customer experience....Read More

A chance to receive career enhancing support and funding In conjunction with the Autocar Drivers of Change awards, Lynda Ennis, co-founder of Ennis & Co will present a new, special award in memory of her late father, Bernard ‘Bunny’ Ennis, to support an individual on their career within automotive.  Bunny Ennis worked in the automotive...Read More

Claudio Santoni is the Engineering Director of Aston Martin Performance Technologies, located in the state-of-the-art AMR Technology Campus in Silverstone. He joined the business in 2022 from McLaren Automotive, where he held several Director-level engineering roles. I asked him about his current role and his experience of leading and developing high-performance teams. Claudio, what do...Read More

What if we told you that, from now on, we’ll be using a computer to qualify candidates for senior roles? No more one-to-one discussions between candidates and our researchers around skills and experience. No more hands-on assessments about cultural fit. No more feedback direct from the researcher. This may seem extreme (and don’t worry, it’s...Read More

Is your organisation doing enough to support employees who are transitioning through the menopause? To help answer this important question, Ennis & Co Group has partnered with the award-winning menopause agency, Over The Bloody Moon, to promote menopause awareness in automotive organisations as part of our DE&I advocacy. Over The Bloody Moon provides a range...Read More

Ennis & Co Group has told a House of Lords select committee that skills shortages are the biggest operational challenge facing automotive and mobility organisations, requiring strategic priority to ensure the sector is equipped to take advantage of transforming technologies and the net zero agenda. The observation came as part of Ennis & Co’s written submission...Read More

Ennis & Co is delighted to be continuing its successful partnership with Autocar Drivers of Change – the popular national awards initiative which, for the first time, will be focusing this year on diverse talent in the automotive industry. Winners of the new-look competition will be individuals who are driving change and promoting diversity in...Read More

Innovation and entrepreneurialism are flourishing on the road to net zero mobility on the evidence of a one-day masterclass organised jointly by sustainable transport consultants Cenex and executive search and research specialists Ennis & Co. The inaugural Cenex Expo Masterclass, held on the eve of the Cenex Expo international event, was arranged to connect a...Read More

Junita Fernandez is a senior finance leader with years of global experience at some of the most prominent automotive brands in the world. Her most recent appointment as Head of Finance at SAIC Volkswagen in Shanghai came at a time and place where the industry is changing more rapidly than ever before. Contending with chip...Read More

England’s footballers return to their multi-million-pound day jobs, while Wimbledon champions pocket £2.7 million. But who is talking about the disability pay gap in sport? Let’s put the football to one side for a moment. I would like to extend my congratulations to 26-year-old Brit Alfie Hewett, who this weekend lifted not one but two...Read More