Automotive Leadership Network

Automotive Leadership Network (ALN) brings together the senior executives from retailers, manufacturers and industry partners, all on an equal platform in an informal environment and safe space governed by Chatham House Rules, to create a level of thought leadership unique in the sector.

Meeting three times a year, with a format devised to cause minimal disruption to business, a typical programme is:

Monday evening from 5.45pm –
networking drinks, dinner and a speaker

Tuesday morning until lunch at 1pm –
a series of short presentations, panel discussions and open debate

ALN is a membership group, with an annual membership fee. Led by Laura Coase, CEO and the strategic governance of the President’s Committee, all of whom are from retailers, manufacturers and industry partners to represent the membership profile.

President:
John M Neill CBE, Executive Chairman, Unipart Group

Vice Presidents:
Darren Ardron, Group MD, Perrys
Laura Brailey, Sales Director, Mazda Motors UK
Simon Bottomley, COO, Vindis Group
Robert Forrester, CEO, Vertu Motors
Mike Jones, Director, Fast Track Holdings
Julia Muir, Founder, Automotive 30% Club
Steve Nash, CEO, The Institute of the Motor Industry
Ian Plummer, Commercial Director, AutoTrader
Dale Wyatt, Director of Automobile, Suzuki GB

Automotive Leadership Network (ALN) is a successor to the Automotive Fellowship International (AFI) founded by Ron Sewell in 1994