October 31 - Darryl Kenningham, President & CEO, Group 1, Inc.

Daryl Kenningham has served as Group 1’s Chief Executive Officer since January 2023 and as President and a director since August 2022.  Group 1 Automotive, Inc. is an international Fortune 300 automotive retailer with automotive dealerships and collision centers in the United States and the United Kingdom. Group 1 sells new and used cars and light trucks, arranges financial services, provides maintenance and repair services, and sells vehicle parts. As of 2021, the company employs over 13,000 people globally.

Daryl Kenningham served as Chief Operating Officer from August 2022 to December 2022.  Prior to joining Group 1, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Ascent Automotive in Houston and previously held a variety of sales, marketing, finance and automotive logistics positions with Gulf States Toyota in the United States. He also held various sales, marketing and vehicle  distribution positions in the United States and Japan with Nissan Motor Corporation, where he began his career in 1988.