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Biography - Christopher MacGowan

Chief Executive, Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.

Car Magazine’s top 300 biggest hitters in the motor industry

Chairman of the CBI Trade Association Council

Freeman of the City of London and a Formerly Chief Executive of the Retail Motor Industry Federation.

Director of SMMT Ltd and Odette International Ltd

Management boards of SMMT Industry Forum and SMMT Automotive Academy.

President of BEN - the automotive industry-wide charity

Member of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Retail Motor Strategy Group and its Vehicle Industry Policy and European Regulation group

Board member of CLEPA, the European component manufacturers association

Council member of OICA – the global vehicle manufacturers body

Member of the Home Office Vehicle Crime Reduction Action Team VCRAT

Member of the government’s Motorists’ Forum

Member of the steering group that produced the “Feasibility Study of Road

Pricing in the UK” at the request of the Secretary of State for Transport

Director of the National Motor Museum and a member of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers.

Christopher worked for British Leyland early in his career and lived in Canada for a number of years. He joined Massey Ferguson in 1973 and more recently was with Ransomes plc.

data produced with permission from lewisgroup

Defra, UK - About Defra - Ministers - Ministers' speeches - Speech by Elliot Morley at the International Environmentally Friendly Vehicles Conference, Birmingham, 10 November 2005

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