Catherine Faiers, COO at Auto Trader, was named as the winner of the Automotive 30% Club IMI Inspiring Automotive Woman of the Year Award of 2025 at the IMI Awards Dinner. Faiers joined Auto Trader in 2017 and progressed to COO in 2019. When asked how she felt about the award, she said: “It feels amazing. It’s been such an ...
Read More »Automotive 30% Club close to achieving “30 by 30” goal
The Automotive 30% Club is 2% away from achieving their “30 by 30” goal, having achieved 28% of key leadership and decision-making roles filled by women. Of the 72 member companies, 40% are already at or above 30%. The membership has also reached 30% female representation in their total workforce. Julia Muir, founder of the Automotive 30% Club, said: “We ...
Read More »Steven Eagell holds week-long work experience event for female students
Toyota and Lexus dealer group Steven Eagell hosted a week-long work experience event for female students in collaboration with MK College. The event, held to inspire female students to pursue a career in the automotive industry, was attended by 14 female students studying at MK College. It included a workshop hosted at Steven Eagell Group head office. During the workshop, ...
Read More »Automotive 30% Club closes in on gender target for 2030
The Automotive 30% Club is closing in on its target of seeing 30% of senior management positions in automotive held by women by 2030. With six years to go a report written by founder Julia Muir showed that its members have hit the 27% mark. A total of 64 Automotive 30% Club member companies took part in the survey last ...
Read More »THE WINNERS: Inspiring Automotive Women Awards
For the first time, nominations were made through the “Inspiring Automotive Women – Who Inspires You?” LinkedIn campaign that ran in July 2023, and was sponsored by Jardine Motors Group. There were 494 nominations for the awards, from companies within and beyond the Club members. The winners were selected on the basis that they closely met the following criteria: ...
Read More »Steven Eagell joins Automotive 30% Club
Steven Eagell, CEO of the eponymous Toyota and Lexus dealer group, has become a Silver Member of Automotive 30% Club The Automotive 30% Club is a voluntary network of MDs and CEOs in automotive who aim to fill at least 30% of key leadership positions in the member organisations with diverse women by 2030. Steven Eagell Group operates 23 Toyota ...
Read More »Lookers celebrates success at Inspiring Women Awards 2022
Four women at Lookers have been recognised for their commitment to promoting leadership, gender diversity and inclusion within the group and across the motoring industry. In a tough competition Lookers secured four top accolades, with the winners nominated internally and externally from across its UK-wide team. The four award-winners were noted for their excellence in mentoring, encouraging inclusion, supporting ...
Read More »Automotive 30% reveals Inspiring Automotive Women 2022 winners
The Automotive 30% Club has announced the results of its Inspiring Automotive Women Awards for 2022. The awards, Sponsored by Jardine Motors Group, aim to recognise female talent within the automotive industry. The winners are all women who are lifting other women as they rise through the ranks. The winners are instrumental in creating inclusive cultures in their organisations, and ...
Read More »Carwow boss signs up as Silver Member of Automotive 30% Club
James Hind, the founder and CEO of Carwow, has signed up as a Silver Member of the Automotive 30% Club – a voluntary association of industry leaders that strives to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry. carwow’s new employee network, ‘WOW Women’, is designed to bring team members who identify as women together from across various departments ...
Read More »MotoNovo Finance MD Karl Werner joins Automotive 30% Club
MotoNovo Finance MD Karl Werner has joined the Automotive 30% Club, the voluntary network of MDs and CEOs from UK based automotive manufacturing, retailing and supplier companies. The Automotive 30% Club was founded by Julia Muir to encourage inclusive leadership and achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry. A central aim is to see at least 30% of ...
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