Professor Jim Saker
BSc, Wales; MSc, Manchester; PGCE, Leicester
Director - Centre for Automotive ManagementFord Professor in Retail ManagementMarketing and Retailing Research GroupPublicationsJ.M.Saker@lboro.ac.uk |
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Professor Jim Saker is the Director of the Centre for Automotive Management and is the Ford Industrial Chair of Retail Management, and he has a close working relationship with the automotive sector. He has been involved with the automotive industry for 20 years and was a co-founder of the MIRA Business Unit in 1992. In 2004, 2005 and 2006 he was placed in the Automotive Industry Power 100, a listing of the top most influential people in the sector, and he is a member of the UK Government’s Leadership and Management Panel. His research interests lie in the area of channel power relationships and strategic developments in the motor industry.



