Dr Richard Bennet is aged 58 years, married and a father of two children. Richard was former chairman of the family-owned Kerridge group of companies which had approximately 1,400 employees with offices across the world specialising in providing hardware and software services to the automotive industry.
Dr Bennett is a highly qualified engineer and was successful in applying these skills together with his brother John Bennett to develop the business into a world-leading company in its field. The business was sold in November 2005.