Driver safety crusader wins Director of the Year award

25 November 2008

Passionate road safety advocate Chris Howell has become the Institute of Directors ‘South East Director of the Year’ in the category for organisations of between £5 and 24 million turnover.

Howell, Chairman of the leading UK driver education provider DriveTech (UK) plc, which is based at Crowthorne near Bracknell, was delighted with the outcome but typically self-effacing: “Although this is essentially a personal award I must immediately pay tribute to my fellow directors and senior management team, who have been tasked with delivering my vision and proved that a business with high ideals, based on making the roads a safer place for all, can also be highly successful commercially.

“As recent events in the financial world have proved only too graphically, strong management is crucial in meeting one’s goals and at DriveTech we continue to exceed both our, and our customers’, expectations.”

The IOD South East Director of the Year Awards, sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers, took place during the evening of Tuesday November 25 in the prestigious Nash Room at the Institute of Directors in London. There were some 260 submissions for the six category awards on offer.

Chris Howell’s company is involved in driver improvement and education across the board. It provides workshops for offenders wishing to receive education in preference to taking a fine and points on their driving licence, a wide range of courses suitable for those who drive for business purposes and a truly innovative learner driver product which aims to reverse the trend in young driver road casualties.

Further information about all the DriveTech brands can be obtained from www.drivetech.co.uk

For further information, members of the media should contact
Steve Johnson on direct line +44 (0)1344 467896, mobile +44 (0)7894 621134 or on steve.johnson@drivetech.co.uk

Editor's Notes

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

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 ‘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’ and in 2008 DriveTech was voted ‘Best Driver Training Company’ in the Green Fleet Awards.

DriveTech is a member of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, the Association of Car Fleet Operators, the Association of National Driver Improvement Scheme Providers, the DfT’s ‘Driving For Better Business’ campaign and is accredited by both the Driving Standards Agency and City & Guilds.