DriveTech pumps up the volume

15th January 2008

Steve Johnson, Director of Communications, DriveTech (UK) plc.

The post is being taken by Steve Johnson, who joins the company after ten years at Drive & Survive, part of the IAM Group of companies.

DriveTech Managing Director Jim Kirkwood said: “We are pleased to have secured the services of an experienced and well-respected communicator, particularly as he has such a depth of knowledge of the commercial areas in which DriveTech operates. DriveTech is expanding rapidly and has a lot of good things to shout about. Steve’s appointment will enable us to reach a much wider audience over the coming months and years.”

Steve was previously at automotive public relations agency Gordon Bruce Associates, sports marketing consultancy CSS Promotions and various vehicle manufacturers. He has spent all his working life in and around the automotive industry, and is a full member of both the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and the Motor Industry Public Affairs Association.

Editor's Notes

DriveTech (UK) plc is one of the UK’s leading providers of road risk management, driver assessment and education. We work both with organisations whose employees ‘drive for work’ and with members of the public, who are offered education as an alternative to prosecution by the police.

DriveTech’s vision is ‘working together to eliminate road death and serious injuries’ by providing the most effective and innovative solutions, using education and technology, to minimise risk for all road users.

DriveTech (UK) has won the Institute of Transport Management’s (ITM) ‘Fleet Award for Driver Training’ in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 and the ‘European Driver Safety Specialist’ award in 2005. In September 2007, it was named the ITM’s ‘UK Driver Training Solutions Specialist’ for making ‘the most significant impact upon the Driver Training and Safety sector over the past decade’

In 2007, DriveTech (UK) won the South England and South Wales regional award of the Bank of Scotland Corporate ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ of up to £5m, interest-free funding and was runner-up in the national Grand Finale. In addition, the company was named runner-up in the 2007 Thames Valley ‘Business of the Year’ award.

For further information, members of the media should contact Steve Johnson on direct line +44 (0)1789 414700, mobile +44 (0) 7894 621134 or on steve.johnson@drivetech.co.uk