Executive Management

Keith Thornton BEc

Chief Executive Officer

Commenced with the Company in July 2002. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in February 2021, Keith had been responsible for the group’s automotive operations since June 2007, most recently as Chief Operating Officer from January 2017 until February 2021.

Keith is a licensed motor dealer with substantial automotive retail and wholesale experience in volume, niche and prestige industry sectors. Keith also brought significant industry experience to the Company, having previously worked for various automotive manufacturers. Keith is a Director of Australian Automotive Dealer Association Limited (2014 to present).

Chief Executive Officer

Commenced with the Company in July 2002. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in February 2021, Keith had been responsible for the group’s automotive operations since June 2007, most recently as Chief Operating Officer from January 2017 until February 2021.

Keith is a licensed motor dealer with substantial automotive retail and wholesale experience in volume, niche and prestige industry sectors. Keith also brought significant industry experience to the Company, having previously worked for various automotive manufacturers. Keith is a Director of Australian Automotive Dealer Association Limited (2014 to present).

Keith Thornton BEc

Chief Executive Officer

Commenced with the Company in July 2002. Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive Officer in February 2021, Keith had been responsible for the group’s automotive operations since June 2007, most recently as Chief Operating Officer from January 2017 until February 2021.

Keith is a licensed motor dealer with substantial automotive retail and wholesale experience in volume, niche and prestige industry sectors. Keith also brought significant industry experience to the Company, having previously worked for various automotive manufacturers. Keith is a Director of Australian Automotive Dealer Association Limited (2014 to present).

Denis Stark LLB, BEc

Company Secretary

Commenced with the Company in January 2008. Responsible for company secretarial and governance support to the Board of Directors and the CEO, and governance advice to the executive leadership team, with prior group accountabilities for legal, property, insurance and investor relations functions.

Significant previous senior executive, company secretarial and legal experience with public companies and in private legal practice, having been admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 1994 and Victoria in 1997.

Company Secretary

Commenced with the Company in January 2008. Responsible for company secretarial and governance support to the Board of Directors and the CEO, and governance advice to the executive leadership team, with prior group accountabilities for legal, property, insurance and investor relations functions.

Significant previous senior executive, company secretarial and legal experience with public companies and in private legal practice, having been admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 1994 and Victoria in 1997.

Denis Stark LLB, BEc

Company Secretary

Commenced with the Company in January 2008. Responsible for company secretarial and governance support to the Board of Directors and the CEO, and governance advice to the executive leadership team, with prior group accountabilities for legal, property, insurance and investor relations functions.

Significant previous senior executive, company secretarial and legal experience with public companies and in private legal practice, having been admitted as a solicitor in Queensland in 1994 and Victoria in 1997.

Sophie Moore BBus, CA, FFin

Chief Financial Officer

Joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in August 2015. Appointed as an executive Director in March 2017.

Executive responsibility for accounting, taxation, internal audit, payroll and treasury functions. Previous senior finance roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Flight Centre Travel Group Limited. Admitted as a Chartered Accountant in 1997.

Chief Financial Officer

Joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in August 2015. Appointed as an executive Director in March 2017.

Executive responsibility for accounting, taxation, internal audit, payroll and treasury functions. Previous senior finance roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Flight Centre Travel Group Limited. Admitted as a Chartered Accountant in 1997.

Sophie Moore BBus, CA, FFin

Chief Financial Officer

Joined the Company as Chief Financial Officer in August 2015. Appointed as an executive Director in March 2017.

Executive responsibility for accounting, taxation, internal audit, payroll and treasury functions. Previous senior finance roles with PricewaterhouseCoopers and Flight Centre Travel Group Limited. Admitted as a Chartered Accountant in 1997.

Edward Geschke BA, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2022, Edward is responsible for the Company’s Franchised Automotive and Independent Used operations across Australia and New Zealand.

Since commencing in the automotive industry as a trainee sales consultant with the Company in 2004, he has since held many operational management positions with the Company across Australia. Most recently, he was Executive General Manager of the Company’s operations in Western Australia from 2019 to 2022, leading integration of AHG’s largest state operation into the merged Eagers Automotive. Edward is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.

Chief Operating Officer

Appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2022, Edward is responsible for the Company’s Franchised Automotive and Independent Used operations across Australia and New Zealand.

Since commencing in the automotive industry as a trainee sales consultant with the Company in 2004, he has since held many operational management positions with the Company across Australia. Most recently, he was Executive General Manager of the Company’s operations in Western Australia from 2019 to 2022, leading integration of AHG’s largest state operation into the merged Eagers Automotive. Edward is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.

Edward Geschke BA, MBA

Chief Operating Officer

Appointed Chief Operating Officer in May 2022, Edward is responsible for the Company’s Franchised Automotive and Independent Used operations across Australia and New Zealand.

Since commencing in the automotive industry as a trainee sales consultant with the Company in 2004, he has since held many operational management positions with the Company across Australia. Most recently, he was Executive General Manager of the Company’s operations in Western Australia from 2019 to 2022, leading integration of AHG’s largest state operation into the merged Eagers Automotive. Edward is also a graduate of the Harvard Business School’s General Management Program.