Winners 2022

Rhona Andrews is responsible for planning and analysing Porsche’s business performance in one of its biggest markets, including budgeting and forecasting spend. She reports directly to Frank Angelkoetter, Porsche’s chief financial officer in the UK. She joined Porsche in 2007 as financial controller after having worked the finance departments of businesses as diverse as publishing, property and the diamond trade. Her job target is the CFO job itself.

Part of Hannah Boardman’s responsibility is to oversee the UK’s industrial transformation to electric vehicles, and connected and autonomous technology. She oversees the sponsorship of the Advanced Propulsion Centre and the Automotive Transformation Programme, who provides money move automotive supply chain towards electrification. Prior to this she was deputy director of the automotive unit within BEIS. with budget responsibility for the £1bn Advanced Propulsion Centre Programme, £246m Faraday Battery Challenge, £80m Stephenson Challenge. She’s also a member of the Automotive Council UK.

Stephanie Jackson acts as liaison to senior management for key issues affecting the company. She was promoted to the role in February 2022 from the position of director of corporate strategy, where she oversaw the company’s business plan and growth strategy, including running the management committees. She was made director in 2019 after 10 years at Aston Martin, during which she deployed her law background to good effect within the firm’s Office of General Counsel. Prior to joining the company she was a solicitor specializing in corporate law transactions.

Elizabeth Mehdevy joined Toyota in 2016 after four years as head of legal for Honda Motor Europe, and was promoted to include corporate operations in 2020. In her current role she ensures that Toyota GB is meeting its legal responsibilities, including whether the cars meet regulatory standards. Prior to joining Honda in 2012, Mehdevy was a partner at law firm Field Seymour Parkes.

Echo Morcombe was promoted to Group Brand Controller in 2021 leading a team of five financial controllers covering all group functions including fleet, retailer training, IT, projects and logistics with an annual cost budget of around £500m. Prior to the promotion she was financial controller with a focus on projects and IT, having joined VW Group in 2019 from VW Financial Services. Prior to that she worked at the Open University. She holds a BSc in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University.

Justine Pridding’s role covers the management of the company’s legal and data protection function, providing legal support across the business and globally and including management of company trademarks. She joined Bentley in 2008 as a legal advisor before being promoted to her current role in 2019. She is a fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives (CILEX).

Michaela Samuels oversees the supply and purchasing of aftermarket parts for McLaren Automotive globally, a position she started in 2018 after a career in supply chain and logistics outside of automotive, much of it with medical supplier Olympus. She has twice stood in as global director of aftersales for the company for a combined total of a year in 2020 and 2021.

Hayley Wright is one of the new intake at Lotus hired to scale up manufacturing as it rolls out new sports cars such as the Emira from its Hethel HQ in Norfolk. Wright moved to Lotus in May 2019 from Jaguar Land Rover where she had risen to the title of Integrated Production System Manager at its flagship Solihull plant. She started with Lotus as Head of Current and Production Quality and moved on to Head of Lotus Cars Manufacturing Systems, and while there set up the Lotus Learning Academy. In November she was promoted to Launch and Manufacturing Systems Director, before adding Business Transformation Director to her title in May 2022.