DARREN LEIGH
UNIPART
and to serve them better than anyone else ,” he says .
“ You may have heard of The Unipart Way , which is the manner in which we deliver that mission . We have 12,000 colleagues across the group , based in the UK and 20 international markets . Those individuals effectively demonstrate The Unipart Way every day in the way they think , work and behave to deliver the mission of serving our customers .”
A more unified approach It ’ s fair to say Darren joined Unipart at a particularly challenging time for the business . It was April 2020 , the pandemic was just a few weeks old and countries around the world had been plunged into lockdown .
At the time , Unipart was run more like a portfolio of individual companies than a single entity , with each offering its own discrete offering of products , services and solutions to be delivered to their unique customers .
Since taking the reins as CEO , Darren has made it his mission to move away from the divisional approach to a more united front .
“ Over the last year-and-a-half especially , we ’ ve evolved our strategy to adopt a ‘ one Unipart ’ approach , offering a range of supply chain products , services and solutions to a unified customer base ,” Darren explains .
“ What we ’ ve also done is implemented a much more streamlined , collaborative approach , meaning our go-to-market strategy is much less ambiguous .
DARREN LEIGH
TITLE : CEO
INDUSTRY : SUPPLY CHAIN AND PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT TECHNOLOGIES
LOCATION : UNITED KINGDOM
Darren Leigh has been Unipart Chief Executive Officer since 2022 . He joined in April 2020 as Chief Financial Officer .
Darren is a highly-skilled and qualified finance professional with 30 years ’ experience in the industry . Having started his career as an apprentice , he went on to hold a number of senior finance positions at several blue-chip and private equity- backed companies , including Finastra Limited , The Sage Group plc , Freightliner Group Limited , Inchcape plc , Marconi plc and Rolls-Royce plc . Darren has extensive knowledge across multiple sectors , including software and technology , logistics and supply chain , automotive , rail and manufacturing .
“ We ’ ve implemented a muc streamlined , collaborative meaning our go-to-market is much less ambiguous ”
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