Former Audi UK managing director, Australian Andrew Doyle, is returning home to commence his new role as Peter Warren Holding Limited chief executive no later than November 2024.
Doyle has more than 30 years of automotive experience in Australia and overseas, including most recently as Audi UK managing director (7 years), Audi Australia managing director (4 years) and Audi Ireland managing director (3 years).
His distribution experience is supplemented by his retail knowledge, including his oversight of the largest Audi dealership in Australia.
He commenced his career with BMW Australia and BMW Canada. He holds a Social Science / Economics degree from Melbourne University and a post-graduate in Marketing from Monash University.
Mark Weaver will step down from the role of chief executive at the end of the financial year and Paul Warren will be appointed Interim chief executive until Doyle commences.
Warren currently performs the role of executive director and there will be no changes to his remuneration and employment arrangements as disclosed in Peter Warren’s 2023 Annual Report.
“The board is delighted to appoint a person of Andrew’s calibre. He is known in Australia as a trusted, respected and experienced automotive chief executive,” says Peter Warren chairperson John Ingram.
“The board is confident that he is the right person to lead our people and build upon the business’s growth to date. We welcome Andrew and look forward to working with him.”.
“I am very excited to take up the leadership role of Peter Warren as it continues its growth path at an exciting time for the industry. I have admired the group’s achievements from a distance, and I am enthusiastic about building on them,” Doyle says.
“I will return to Australia with my family, and I look forward to meeting and working with the talented team who have achieved so much.”
