Movers and Shakers

We introduce Stuart Charity, the driven, dynamic and passionate CEO of The Australian Automotive Aftermarket Association, as the organisation takes a quantum leap into the 2020s during the most challenging period of his career.

Fix Auto World’s Regional Vice President and Head of Business Asia, Australia and New Zealand

We sat down with newly appointed Business Manager Justin Myers, who shares his 30-year-journey in the industry and discusses how he will lead 3M’s Automotive Aftermarket Division in our rapidly changing industry.

We sat down with Igor Giglio who brings extensive international experience to Saint-Gobain Australasia as he builds on the successes of the past and develops a new pathway for the business in our ever-changing industry…

As the industry is abuzz with talk of IAG re-entering the repair space, we took the opportunity to sit down with Steven Fitzpatrick, the architect of IAG’s most recent project, to get the real facts and set the record...

Steve O’Brien shares his journey from a young IT Technician with a love of cars to becoming the CEO of the company behind one of the collision repair industry’s leading estimating and body shop management systems, iBodyshop.

Marketing Director Automotive Refinish, PPG Industries, Kevin Woolerton takes us on his journey across three continents with PPG – a young colour chemist in the UK who became the architect of the rejuvenation of PPG Australia’s refinish brands.

We meet Tradiebot Industries’ CEO Mario Dimovski and newly-appointed COO Jason Miller who tell us about their background, what they are working on today and, more importantly, where they are going in the not-too-distant future.

With the recent unveiling of their new training centre, The SAPE Group’s Director, Paul McMartin, walked us through the facility and explained the rationale behind the investment as they continue to develop their business model.  

As the VACC turned 100 years old in September, we caught up with outspoken Chief Executive, Geoff Gwilym to discuss his background and ascendency into the role, the changing role of the association and the challenges and opportunities facing...