President and Managing Director, Toyota (GB) PLC
Scott Thompson took up the role of President and Managing Director of Toyota (GB) in January 2024, succeeding Agustín Martín. He joined the company from KINTO Europe, Toyota’s mobility services business, where he was Vice President, Mobility. This followed four years as CEO of Lexus in Australia, his home nation.
Director, Lexus Division
Toyota (GB) PLC
Chris Hayes was appointed Director of the Lexus Division on 1 January 2022, moving from his previous role Director – People and Planning. (click on portrait image for full biography).
Director, Operations
Toyota (GB) PLC
Mark Roden was appointed Sales Director in April 2016. He moved to the role from the post of General Manager, Sales Operations, succeeding Ewan Shepherd (click on portrait image for full biography).
Director, Communications and Product
Toyota (GB) PLC
Stuart Sanders was appointed Communications and Product Director on 1 January 2021, succeeding Andrew Cullis following his move to a new position at Toyota Motor Europe (click on portrait image for full biography).
Director, ConsumerOne
Toyota (GB) PLC
Paula Cooper was appointed the first Director of Toyota’s ConsumerOne function in August 2016. She brings extensive motor industry experience to the role, having joined Toyota in 1991 in the vehicle supply section. (Click on portrait image for full biography).
Chief Financial Officer
Toyota (GB) PLC
Darren Morris trained with Shipley Blackburn Chartered Accountants (Shipleys LLP) in London. He left public practice to work for NEC and Psion in the consumer electronics sector before joining Toyota (GB) in 1997 (click on portrait image for full biography).
Director, Customer Services
Toyota (GB) PLC
Rob McKendrick was appointed Director, Customer Services, on 1 January 2023, following Rob Giles’s secondment to Toyota Motor Europe to take up the role of Head of Value Chain (Europe).
