He represents Colorado dealers before public, governmental and community forums. Tim serves as a tireless advocate at the state capitol during the 120-day session of the state legislature. Tim’s association career includes service as the Colorado state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, Executive Vice President for the US Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), and two statewide associations in Missouri. Tim also oversees the operation of the annual Denver Auto Show, along with Marsha Temple, COO, Colorado’s largest consumer show. Ian says he plans to continue working in a consulting capacity and also potentially as a non-executive director, as he believes he has much to offer based on his diverse experience across change management, large acquisitions and management generally.As the chief staff officer of CADA, Tim advocates for issues of importance to franchise auto dealers’ business and employment issues and fights for entrepreneurial freedom in the legislative process. “The past two years have made this a very, very interesting business to be in, but the opportunities to grow – in motor, home and travel – are huge.” While Ian’s departure in August 2022 will mark another big shift, RAA knows a thing or two about navigating rough terrain, and the road ahead looks very smooth indeed. Having been around for more than a century, the organisation has learned to embrace change and harness it for longevity’s sake – and the future looks bright. “That’s been our biggest growth area, but the road service is still growing and we’re looking at expanding our travel business.” “When I took over in this role, my job was to build on my predecessor’s very strong balance sheet and develop the business further.”ĭuring Ian’s tenure, RAA has gone from writing A$50 million in premiums to just over A$400 million. “For the first two-and-a-half years I ran our insurance business, which back then was a joint venture with a major national insurer,” he says. It’s a nice bookend to Ian’s career, starting as he did in RAA’s insurance department in 2004. I think that won’t be the case going forward, there’ll be more shared mobility, and that’s the future for an organisation like the RAA, helping people manage their two biggest asset ownerships – a home and a vehicle.” “I have a wife and two daughters and between us we own four cars. “The opportunity in that space is far greater,” he says. So major is this change that Ian believes RAA’s future is equally in the home and on the road. “Current supply chain issues are certainly adding new challenges, but it’s a very achievable goal in that space of time.”įilling up at the petrol station will be a thing of the past. “We’re working with them to build and place charging stations in planned spots that will create the first State border-to-border network in Australia over the next two years,” Ian says. To achieve this, RAA partnered with EV charger specialist Chargefox. It’s about achieving that step change and acceptance of EVs as a future mobility method and building confidence in the electric ecosystem.” “So we’re now finalising where you’d place those. “You need to be able to give people the confidence that whether on daily drives or unusual road trips, there’s a recharging network to enable that,” he says.

Ian says RAA has been working closely with the SA government to help usher in greater acceptance of EVs by the general public. For the best part of the 20th century and now well into the 21st, it has been a strong, informed voice for motorists in South Australia, and while the game might be changing, that voice remains. Members would get together for country drives and competitions and pool their talents for repairs and maintenance.Įventually, RAA became such a voice of authority it had the ear of governments on local and state levels when it came to the rules and regulations of the road. When RAA was formed in 1903, it was done to promote what was then a societal upheaval: recreational motoring. “That’s a big lifestyle change, and I think it’s a really exciting future. “Filling up at the petrol station will be a thing of the past,” Ian says. EVs also offer a seismic change to the motoring lifestyle to which we’ve all become accustomed, and that RAA has promoted for almost 120 years.

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