STUART TURNER
Motivational speaker and motor sport expert
Stuart Turner has had a lifelong interest in
motor sport and has competed as co-driver on most major international rallies.
He became Sports Editor of "Motoring News" then Competition Manager for BMC, managing the rally team when Minis were winning Monte Carlo Rallies.
Two years at Castrol as Publicity Manager, then joined Ford as Competitions Manager, guiding the team to wins on the Safari and London-to-Mexico rallies and many others.
Later he headed a special Ford Division which designed and manufactured performance cars and then was made Director of Public Affairs at Ford in 1975.
Appointed Director - European Motor Sports in 1983 with responsibility for Ford's race and rally programme across Europe.
Author of over twenty books on motor sport and business including The Public Speaker's Bible, Public Speaking in Business and Planning and Organising Business Functions.
Stuart is a member of the Lord's Taverners and one of the funniest after dinner speakers in the country. He was voted Benedictine After Dinner Speaker of the Year in 1988.
In addition to after dinner speaking he lectures on
teamwork and motivation
in 'Team Building' using motor sport for examples (under his leadership, Ford took both World and European Championships). Stuart is also available to act as Chair/Linkman at conferences and other business functions. As well as speaking at countless conferences, he has also organised and hosted many such occasions.
"Autosport" magazine stated that; "Stuart Turner's addresses are unsurpassed." Indeed I recall a dinner when
an international actor and celebrity, generally considered as a raconteur without peer, tried unsuccessfully to follow the Ford executive."