Kevin Morley (born in
Liverpool
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), is an English businessman, known for being the former
managing director, sales and marketing of the former
Rover Group
The Rover Group plc was the British vehicle manufacturing conglomerate known as "BL plc" until 1986 (formerly British Leyland), which had been a state-owned company since 1975. It initially included the Austin Rover Group car business (compris ...
.
Holding an MSc from the
University of Surrey
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and
Master of Business Administration
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from
Aston University
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, Morley joined
Ford
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* Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford
* Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river
Ford may also refer to:
Ford Motor Company
* Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company
* Ford F ...
UK in 1977, and during a nine-year career achieved 11 promotions.
Morley joined the
Austin Rover Group
The Austin Rover Group (abbreviated ARG) was a British motor manufacturer. It was created in 1982 as the mass-market car manufacturing subsidiary of British Leyland (BL). Previously, this entity had been known as BL Cars Ltd (formerly Leyland C ...
in 1986 as marketing director under Canadian
Graham Day, where his first project was the
Rover 200 Mk2/R8 in 1989. Morley was appointed managing director, sales and marketing of the Rover Car Group five years later, the company had a turnover of £3.2 billion and a staff of 1100.
After leaving Rover in 1992, Morley set up Kevin Morley Marketing, whose sole client was Rover Group. Having described the motor marketing as a "bunch of expensive lunch-bandits," in 1995 Morley sold the company to
Lintas
MullenLowe Lintas Group, formerly Lintas, is an Indian advertising marketing communications company. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Interpublic Group (IPG), and is part of the multinational MullenLowe Group. The group is curr ...
.
Morley has been a director of
dfs DFS may refer to:
Brands and enterprises
* Dancer Fitzgerald Sample, advertising agency, now Saatchi & Saatchi
* DFS Furniture, a furniture retailer in the United Kingdom and Ireland
* DFS Group (Duty Free Shoppers), Hong Kong
* DFS Program Excha ...
Plc,
Flying Flowers,
Jacobs Holdings
Jacobs may refer to:
Businesses and organisations
* Jacob's, a brand name for several lines of biscuits and crackers in Ireland and the UK
*Jacobs (coffee), a brand of coffee
*Jacobs Aircraft Engine Company, former American aircraft engine compan ...
; and founding member of the Advisory Board of
Jon Moulton
Jon Moulton (born 15 October 1950) is a British venture capitalist. He is the founder and managing partner of the private equity firm Better Capital, and is the former managing partner of the private equity firm Alchemy Partners. He is an active ...
's
Venture Capital
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company
Alchemy Partners
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Alchemy was founded in 1997 b ...
.
Morley is Chairman of several private companies, and Senior non-executive director of
Stadium Group.He became chairman and head of Young Driver in 2009 and appeared both on the television and radio promoting it.
Morley is Honorary Professor of Business Studies at
University of Warwick
, mottoeng = Mind moves matter
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £7.0 million (2021)
, budget = £698.2 million (202 ...
.
In March 2009, Morley appeared on
Channel 4
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's reality television show ''
Secret Millionaire
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,'' where working as a volunteer among community projects in
Haringey
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,
North London
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The term ''nor ...
, he donated £250,000.
Married with two children, Morley and his family live in
Slinfold
Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.
Geography
The village is almost west of Horsham, just off the A29 road.
The parish covers . The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,647 people living i ...
,
Horsham
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. His cars include a
Ferrari 599 GTB.
References
External links
Bio of Kevin Morleyat
University of Warwick
, mottoeng = Mind moves matter
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £7.0 million (2021)
, budget = £698.2 million (202 ...
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People educated at St Mary's College, Crosby
Alumni of the University of Surrey
Alumni of Aston University
Academics of the University of Warwick
Businesspeople from Liverpool
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