SAS star among Fix Auto UK speakers

SAS star Ollie Ollerton leads the line-up of speakers announced for Fix Auto UK 2019 National Conference, taking place for the first time this year at Silverstone on Thursday 17 October and themed ‘Building on Success’.

Former Special Forces elite commando Ollie Ollerton will deliver a presentation titled, ‘Nothing Will Stand Between You and Your Goals’.

Nick Leeson, the financial trader famed for the collapse of Barings Bank during the 1990’s, will talk about his experiences and provide a fascinating insight into serious misgivings by senior and middle management at large organisations. He will particularly highlight the perils companies face for failing to protect shareholders, owners and customers by not having the right controls within a business.

The hugely successful businesswoman Alex Depledge MBE, who along with her business partner, built up an online business which they sold for £31.5 million, will be talking around the theme of ‘Can anyone be an Entrepreneur?’.

Steve Young who represents ICDP, an international research-based organisation focussed on automotive distribution, will speak about the challenges driven by technology change, while Carl Brabander, head of global franchise cevelopment for Fix Network World will provide an update on the organisation.

For the third successive year, former F1 driver and original BBC Top Gear ‘Stig’ Perry McCarthy will moderate the event.

Ian Pugh of Fix Auto UK said, ‘We are moving to the Silverstone Wing for 2019 due to the growing demand for sponsor and delegate places at our event. We have simply outgrown our previous venue.

‘The marketing team have built an agenda of key speakers who are able to deliver entertaining and inspiring lectures. I am confident that everyone in the room will once again be taking ideas back and implementing them in their businesses. I am pleased we have a record number of supplier partners supporting us again this year including our Diamond Sponsor AkzoNobel and Platinum Sponsors 3M, Audatex and S&G Response. Without the support of our supplier partners, we wouldn’t be able to make this event happen each year.’