Automotive Insights Builds Team

Newly launched consumer intelligence company Automotive Insights has announced the addition of Richard Walker, former Director of Data & Insights for AutoTrader; Needa Khan, formerly of the LSE and The Insights Family; and investor Safe Hammad.

Headquartered in Manchester and launched two weeks ago, Automotive Insights provides 'just-in-time' market intelligence based on interview with 1,000 motorists each month.

Walker (pictured above) joins as Executive Director of Research, Data & Insights, and a member of the Advisory Board, bringing to the company more than 30 years in UK automotive roles. He played a key role in leading Auto Trader through its transition from print to digital, and subsequently into a tech-driven business operating the UK's largest online classified platform.

Khan (pictured, middle) takes up the role of Director of Product & Client Services, having worked for almost three years at kids and family specialist The Insights Family. Earlier she worked for a year as Customer Research Manager at the London School of Economics.

Hammad (pictured below) joins as an NED, after investing in the company. A software developer and former Goldman Sachs technology analyst, he founded psychometric assessment company Arctic Shores and was its CTO for ten years.

Nick Richardson, Executive Director of Automotive Insights & Research Services, says of the news, 'I am delighted to welcome Richard, Needa and Safe to the team, all of them will play a key role in delivering our growth plans and politely disrupting the automotive market intelligence sector.'

The firm has taken up residence in a new office in Campfield House, in the Castlefield area of Manchester; and is online at www.automotiveinsights.ai .

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