Meet The Team at Islington Motor Group Suzuki

Paul Jones | Managing Director

Paul has been with Islington Motor Group for 27 years and Managing Director for the last 19 years. Paul has grown the company from the site on Bradford Road to the now 3 sites and 7 franchises. Paul is committed to ensuring Islington deliver excellent customer service.

Dylan Turner | Sales Director

Dylan's passion for car sales and Islington has shown him progress from a Sales Executive nearly 20 years ago, to Sales Manager and now our Sales Director.

​Nick Howe | Service Director

Nick has been at Islington for over 30 years, in that time he has overseen the companies growth from a small workshop on Bradford Road to our state of the art workshop facility that we enjoy today. And more recently helped us get ready for servicing electric vehicles in the future.

Nick is a keen golfer and a football coach for adults at the weekends.

Kevin Makepeace | Group Accountant 

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Ben Aldridge | Sales Manager​

​Ben has been with Islington Motor Group since leaving school in 2004, starting his career as a Parts Apprentice.

​Ben is our very own Jack Dee! He is a devout family man. Specialist subjects are Sport and Only Fools & Horses.​

Rane Hervin | Senior Sales Executive

Rane has over 8 year’s experience with the Citroen & Peugeot brands and joined the Islington team 3 years ago as Senior Sales Executive and Citroen Specialist​.

Ranes enjoys little walks with his young Pug named Dougsley.

Matt Nichols | Sales Executive

Matt is our Suzuki Sales specialist and has been with the company for over 5 years. His first 2 years being spent in a Citroen seat.

Matt is our resident fashionista and was mid 'Movember' when the photo was taken.

Naomi Southwood | Sales Executive

Naomi is our youngest member of the Sales team, catching her passion for car sales from her keen motoring family.

Naomi recently braved the skies to skydive from 15,000ft in aid of Alzheimers Society.

​Billy Pearce | Sales Executive​

Billy is the famous face of Islington Motor Group and can often be found in front of the camera doing something special for social media! Billy has been with Islington for over 3 years and spent that time learning about our brands and the customer journey so that he is able to deliver outstanding service every time.

Sharon Morgan | Sales Administrator

Sharon has worked for Islington Motor Group for over 30 years. Starting in 1989 when we were based on Bradford Road.

Sharon enjoys getting away in her touring caravan with family and friends, visiting an array of places and touring the UK and Europe.

Jo Croker | Sales Administrator

Jo joined Sharon in Sales Administration in 2017. Jo enjoys the variety of tasks involved in the role, and settled in quickly to complete the Admin team.

Jo took part in the Olympic Torch relay for London 2012. Her Gran was the torch bearer and Jo pushed her in her wheelchair.

Teresa Wilcox | Service Team Leader

Teresa has been with Islington almost 8 years and is much loved by all of our customers and team members alike. She has recently been promoted to the role of Service Team Leader in recognition of her hard work and commitment over the years.​

Teresa has ran 4 marathons including London. Now enjoying a more relaxed approach of walking, cycling and a fondness for gin.

​Nick Hanson | Service Advisor

Nick is the newest member of the Islington Service team, recently swapping Sales for the fast paced life of a Service Advisor. He has years of previously worked with brands such as BMW, Mini and Ford but has found a new favourite in Suzuki.

Nick is not to be confused with the members of 'Hanson'.

Kyra Charles | Service Advisor

Kyra joined Islington with over 9 years experience in aftersales with a number of brands. Also becoming a trained damage assessor during her time working in a bodyshop.

An avid snooker player, Kyra has also played a frame with Ronnie O'Sullivan!

Parts Department Team

Adrian (middle) has headed up the Parts Department for more than 13 years, and Matt (far right) having 26 years Peugeot experience. Simon (far left) is now in his third year with Islington.

Andy Sweetman | Service Driver

​Andy has been with Islington for a number of years and is an important member of our aftersales team. He spends most of his time washing customer cars or providing lifts but when he isn’t doing that, he can be found maintaining our courtesy car fleet.​

Workshop Team

​Our workshop team has years of experience in the automotive industry across many different brands including commercial vehicles. They have an excellent attitude and are keen to deliver first class customer service even in the most difficult situations. ​

Parts Delivery Drivers

Shaun and Kenny can be found roaming the Wiltshire, Somerset & Dorset roads in their vans delivering parts to our loyal trade customers Monday to Friday.

Kenny is a massive Liverpool FC fan but we don’t hold that against him!

Valeting Team

Our valet team consists of Andrew, Simeon and Dave. These guys do an exceptional job of preparing cars for sale, sold orders and maintaining the highest forecourt standards throughout the year (even dealing with the seagull mess during the warmer months!).

Janet Thompson | Cleaning Extraordinaire

Janet is solely responsible for the cleanliness of our Citroen, Suzuki and MG site. Her passion for keeping the dealership so clean shines through everyday.