In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Larry Sutton. Larry is the founder and CEO of RNR Tire Express. Larry established RNR Tire Express in 2000 in Tampa, FL as a company that gives consumers access to quality, name-brand tires regardless of budget or financial circumstance. It’s since grown to over 190 locations in nearly 30 states with many more stores planned. Larry’s been interested in sales since high school, when he sold inventory from his uncle’s TV and appliance business to his teachers. After a short stint in college, and a short-lived path down business ownershi ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Jodie Monaghan. Jodie is Customer Experience Director at Tusker. Tusker is an award winning car leasing company, the largest salary sacrifice scheme provider in the UK and now part of Lloyds Banking Group. Jodie joined Tusker in 2015 as Head of Academy, where she was responsible for training and developing their people. Prior to joining Tusker, Jodie spent over ten years at Alphabet in a variety of roles. In our conversation Jodie reveals how two teachers took her to one side and helped her to get back on track, how her interest in b ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Martin Haley. Martin was head of Strategy and Corporate Development for BMW’s financial services businesses across the UK; and CEO and co-founder of Red Whale, the UK’s largest provider of medical education to primary care, which was acquired by the Medical Defence Union late last year. He now works with organisations to develop strategies whilst helping them avoid the pitfalls of poor implementation. He defines strategy as ‘how to get to where you want to get to’ and backs the research evidence that the vast majority of strategies fai ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Michael Kreeft. Michael recently retired from BMW after 37.5 years with the brand. He lived his first 32 years in the Netherlands, then started his international career with BMW in Germany and worked and lived over 22 years with BMW outside of the Netherlands That time was made up of 6.5 years in Germany, two stints of 4 years each in the UK, 4.5 years in France and 3 years in Japan. He gained experience as CEO in the Netherlands and in France with BMW Financial Services as CFO for BMW's National sales companies in the Netherlands, UK ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Naeem Ghauri. Naeem is the Chairman and a founding member of NetSol Technologies Inc., a Global provider of end to end IT solutions for the Leasing and Finance Industry. NetSol's clients are the Global Who's Who of Captive Auto Finance Companies as well as specialist Banks lending into Asset and Auto Finance for Large Enterprises, SME's and Consumers. They manage in excess of $300 Billion of their clients' Assets through their various IT platforms for over 200 clients globally. Naeem is also a founder and former CEO of OTOZ, an On Dema ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Sylvia Scherer.  Sylvia is a certified Business Coach who accompanies organisations and leaders in times of transformation. Before founding her own business, she worked over a decade as a sustainability leader for the BMW Group, including 3 years as Head of Strategy and Internal Communication in China. Sylvia is determined to transform the business world through coaching. She focuses on deep individual development of visionary and pioneering personalities, supporting them in being mature leaders and in moving our world forward to ..read more

On 1 March, 2024 we celebrated the third anniversary of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR. It has become a tradition for us to mark each anniversary by curating a collection of different guest stories from the year's episodes and that's what we have done for this episode. We have also chosen 1 March 2024 to launch Release the handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub. Think of it as a resource for you if you are interested in learning more about Fulfilling Performance and how to enable it for yourself and others. Over the coming weeks and months you can expect posts and articles, examples and interviews and ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Adam Harley. Adam is Sales Director for the Leasing division of Santander Consumer UK. He joined to help the business grow market share, volume and capability in the leasing sector.  Santander is the 8th largest leasing company in the UK and has bold aspirations. Prior to joining Santander, Adam spent 18 years with BMW Group where he was fortunate to work in all three of the UK sales operations - Alphabet, BMW UK and BMW Financial Services. He's very much a family man. Work has to balance with home life and he needs more than a l ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Justin Ammerlaan. Justin has spent the majority of his career to date with the Dutch bank ING and with BMW's leasing company Alphabet. He has lived in the Netherlands, America, Italy and Germany. All of which makes him a knowledgeable commercial leader in the international automotive and mobility sector. He has a focus on achieving growth, innovation and customer satisfaction in complex and competitive environments. And he is fascinated by everything related to sustainable mobility and energy. He is often described by others as 'a driv ..read more

In this episode we are celebrating the career to date of Paul Bennett. Paul's focus centres on the Asset Finance industry, primarily on the sale and delivery of complex FinTech/SaaS solutions to Tier 1 (captive and non captive) automotive financial services companies, their OEM partners and retail networks in Europe and other key international markets. Over the past 40 years he has originated, invested in, and successfully exited several commercial ventures, mostly in the technology sector. He's a dynamic yet pragmatic highly skilled communicator with a proven track record of UK and interna ..read more