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Steve YoungSteve Young Steve is a highly experienced international automotive executive, who has split his career equally between line management and consulting / entreprenurial roles, working in most parts of the world. He was most recently CEO of LDV Group, the specialist light commercial vehicle producer, and a Director of GAZ International, responsible for evaluation of strategic growth opportunities for GAZ Group outside the CIS. He has now returned to an entrepreneurial role related to his “IndeGo” Next Generation Car Company concept.Through the breadth of his career over more than 30 years, Steve has gained a unique perspective into the global automotive industry. He is able to view issues from a strategic perspective, but also understands the challenges of day to day executive management. Having worked along all parts of the automotive value chain, he understands the different challenges faced by each party, and how to respond to those challenges. He is also able to bring perspectives from outside the auto industry where these may be useful in challenging pre-conceptions and blinkered thinking.
Career Summary:2006-2007CEO, LDV Group Leading the turnaround of this £200m turnover LCV specialist, and Chief Operating Officer, GAZ International.
2004-2006Director, IndeGo Consulting Working on an acquisition to form the basis of an IndeGo Car Company, and supporting Magma in the potential acquisition of MG Rover assets in conjunction with SAIC
2005-2006Non-Executive Director of Ashok Leyland India’s second largest commercial vehicle producer, and of it's sister company Chennai Foundries 1985-2004Vice-President, Global Automotive Practice, A.T. Kearney Responsible for Ford of Europe and Premier Automotive Group accounts, but also working across multiple geographies and clients on strategic and operational issues
1983-1985Works Manager, Edwards High Vacuum One of the leading manufacturers of high vacuum equipment
1980-1983European Truck HQ and Tractor Operations
1973-1979British Leyland – Jaguar Rover Triumph BSc Production Engineering and DMS (Diploma in Management Studies)
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about the implications of the credit crunch on vehicle manufacturers as they have been forced to take writedowns of hundreds of millions of dollars on the loans and leases they used to prop up their sales volumes. In this last week, we have seen the obvious solution to this (if you are as addicted to this particular fix as the world's automakers seem to be) which is to hive off those toxic loans to your friendly government so that you can start all over again! MORE