Dan’s lifelong love affair with cars started at age 10 when he watched a friend’s father paint a custom hot rod.  Like most of us, he was instantly destined for a career in the automotive field in which he has now served for nearly 30 years. Dan holds a degree in collision repair from St. [...]

Steven Luries’s experience in the automotive and motorcycle aftermarket spans over 25 years. He has held various commercial roles for the import, manufacturing and distribution of spare parts, accessories and services in the motorcycle and automotive aftermarkets.  His responsibilities have included the sales and marketing of OEM and OEM approved parts and services to markets [...]

Beginning his career as an automotive apprentice, Frazer has gone onto establish himself as a leading global trainer in the automotive industry, working for some of the world’s leading luxury car brands including Bentley Motors.  Frazer has been involved with skills competitions for over ten years.  When he was a further education lecturer, he made WorldSkills [...]

Lawrence Tshifura is a self-made, successful collision repair businessman who originally started out repairing vehicles in Soweto at the tender age of 17.  After learning how to repair well and always to give his customers the best service, he was put under pressure by the OEMs to move out of Soweto to increase his market share.  [...]

Board member and national vice chairman of the Motor Industries Workshop Association Les started his career as a motor mechanic at Mercedes Benz. In 1980, he joined the Motor Industries Federation (now RMI) as head of the Motor Industries training Centre and in 1985 he re-joined Mercedes Benz as general service manager.  In 1989, Les [...]