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Automotive Skills chief executive leaves suddenly
10th October 2006
Patricia Richards, the chief executive of Automotive Skills, has left the motor traders sector skills council Automotive Skills with immediate effect, Motor Trader’s web site reported yesterday, adding that no reason was given for her departure and that an interim management team, headed by Institute of the Motor Industry chief executive Sarah Sillars, has been appointed.
Ms Sillars said Patricia Richard’s departure was not linked to the prosecution of former Automotive Skills corporate affairs director James Munroe, alleged to have embezzled funds from the body.
Automotive Skills Limited is the Sector Skills Council for the retail motor industry, charged by government and employers with leading the drive to boost competitiveness through skills development. It recently mounted a series of regional road shows to consult businesses on their training priorities.
(Motor Trader, 9 October)
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