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IMI COO secures prestigious Automotive 30% Club award
- 18/05/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Institute of Motor Industry’ chief operating officer and Diversity Task Force lead Lesley Woolley has been named as one of this year’s Automotive 30% Club Inspiring Automotive Women Award winners. The Awards were launched to recognise and celebrate the unsung heroes of the automotive industry. Unique in the [...] -
Motor industry still male dominated
- 26/04/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has revealed that half of women surveyed would not consider a career in the motor industry. This comes after data found that female representation in the sector hovers at just 19% compared to 51% in non-automotive industries. The research was carried out by Venson Automotive Solutions and found that [...] -
Oodle Car Finance celebrates International Women’s Day
- 08/03/2023
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Oodle Car Finance is celebrating International Women's Day by acknowledging the vital role women play in the automotive industry. An industry report published by Deloitte in November 2020, showed that only 20% of the UK’s automotive workforce are women, and fewer than 10% of executives identify as female. This is [...] -
IAAF chief joins Automotive 30% Club
- 17/11/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Chief executive of the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) Mark Field has become the latest member of the Automotive 30% Club. Founded by Julia Muir, the club is a voluntary group of MDs and CEOs from automotive manufacturing, retailing and supplier companies looking to create fair gender [...] -
Research reveals want of role models
- 24/06/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New research has been published to coincide with International Women in Engineering Day that has found that 61% of schoolgirls want to see more women role models to encourage them into science-based careers. The study, commissioned by children’s rights charity Plan International and supercar maker McLaren [...] -
IMI announces Automotive 30% Club sponsorship
- 12/05/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has announced it is sponsoring the Automotive 30% Club’s Inspiration for Innovation Network. Lesley Woolley, chief operating officer of the IMI, has also become a patron of the club, which aims to fill at least 30% of key leadership positions in its member organisations [...] -
Smith renews gender equality support
- 28/04/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Simon Smith, Solus managing director and Aviva repair lead, has renewed his membership of the Automotive 30% Club. The club aims to achieve a better gender balance within the automotive industry by filling at least 30% of key leadership positions in member organisations with diverse women by 2030. He said: [...] -
IMI publishes diversity report
- 21/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has published the final Diversity Task Force report, which has identified five key steps to take the lack of diversity within the sector. IMI President professor Jim Saker said: “The Task Force set out to understand how the sector can be more attractive to work in for all [...] -
Muir the merrier after IMI recognition
- 21/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
Founder and chief executive of the Automotive 30% Club Julia Muir received the Sue Brownson Award at the IMI Dinner, in recognition of the significant strides she’s achieved in increasing female leadership representation in the industry. Established in 2016, the Automotive 30% Club is a voluntary group of 60 MDs [...] -
LKQ CFO joins Automotive 30% Club
- 15/03/2022
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
LKQ Euro Car Parts has announced the CFO Annick Jourdenais has become a patron of the Automotive 30% Club. The Automotive 30% Club was set up to improve the gender balance in the automotive industry, specifically by filling at least 30% of key leadership positions in its member organisations with diverse women by [...]