Graeme Potts, CEO of Eden Automotive and trustee and chair of the Audit Committee for BEN, has been appointed as the new chair of the Board for the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
He will sit alongside Adrian Wallington BSc FIMI, former commercial director at Marshall Motor Group and current chief commercial officer at Huws Gray, as a non-executive director.
Potts has a proven record in automotive retail, having founded Eden Motor Group in 2008.
He said: “I am delighted and honoured to have been appointed as chair of the IMI, and I look forward to leading a newly constituted board in the exciting next phase.
“In this phase, the institute’s legacy of pursuing professionalism and increased qualifications and skills throughout the automotive sector is being remodelled to reflect our tremendous industry’s changing needs.”
Walling said he was looking to give support to the sector he had worked in for so long.
“I am delighted and proud to be joining the board of the IMI at this pivotal time in its history,” Adrian said. The opportunity to give back to the automotive sector is something that has been a huge motivation for me.”
Daksh Gupta, the recently appointed IMI vice president and chair of the nomination committee, said: “The IMI needs to change with it to remain relevant. We must help the sector attract, recruit and retain the right people to close the skills gap.”
Over the coming weeks, the IMI will announce nine further non-executive directors within and outside the industry.
