Daksh Gupta Email Address

Vice President

Marshall Motor Group Ltd is a motor vehicle dealer which operate in the fields of aerospace, military land systems and fleet management.

I am experienced business leader with extensive knowledge across multiple sectors and disciplines. I 2008 I joined Marshall Motor Holdings plc ("MMH") as it’s Group CEO. Since my appointment at MMH I led the company to be one of the fastest growing companies in the European automotive industry. During my tenure, revenues grew from c£300m to c£4BN with annual operating profits growing by c£80m over the 14 year period. The business achieved like for like growth every year in my tenure (except the pandemic year) despite seeing a cyclical down turn since 2016 and shareholders enjoyed dividend growth each year since 2008 (pandemic excluded). The business was strategically transformed from being a small East Anglian regional group operating in 6 counties to becoming the 5th largest UK dealer group operating in no fewer than 37 counties. This was achieved both organically and through the execution of a successful M&A strategy which saw the group buy and sell 227 businesses. As a result of the portfolio reorganisation, the group now is one of only 2 listed UK groups to represent all of the premium German and British brands as well as having the highest brand coverage (86%) of any dealer group. Recognising the significant change the organisation has gone through to achieve this transformation our 5500+ colleagues have been put at the heart of the business and I am proud to say that we are ranked 11th best employer in the UK according to an independent survey conducted by the Great Place to Work Institute. We have been ranked in the best companies for 8 years running one of only a handful of companies to have achieved this. In April 2015 I led the successful IPO of the Company onto the London Stock Exchange, shares commenced trading at 149p per share. In November 2021 the group received an offer at 400p per share, which with dividends represented a 292% return for shareholders who came in at IPO. The offer went unconditional in May 2022 and on 25th May 2022 I stepped down from the Board and am currently on Garden leave. In addition to my industry experience in the automotive sector I am also Vice Chairman for the industry charity Ben. I have also overseen the Marshall Thermo King business and sat on the Board for Marshall of Cambridge Holdings Ltd so have significant property and aerospace experience.