President
Sir Greg Knight
Sir Greg qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court before being lured by Parliament. He represented Derby North for 14 years before moving to East Yorkshire where he was the Member for 23 years until he retired as an MP in 2024. His CV is extensive, identifying 18 roles including Shadow Transport Minister, Vice-Chamberlain of HM Household, plus Trade & Industry Minister. Closer to home, Sir Greg founded the All-Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group.
The Team
Past-President
Lord Steel of Aikwood
Lord Steel of Aikwood was President of FBHVC, until he retired in 2024. Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland he still lives north of the border with wife Judith. He is a member of the House of Lords and of the All Party Parliamentary Historic Vehicles Group. He is also a member of the Jaguar Drivers Club
Vice President
Andrew Burt
Born in Kirkcaldy, Scotland Andrew now lives in Duxford, Cambridgeshire and Girard, France. Until his retirement, Andrew practiced as a solicitor. Prior to joining the Board he served on the legislation team. He is a member of the Morris Minor Owners Club.
Chairman
David Whale
David lives in Staffordshire with wife, Barbara. Following a long and successful career in the lubricants industry he established a global consultancy specialising in leadership development programmes working with multi-cultural teams. He joined the Federation board in 2010, becoming Chairman in 2012. He served the Fédération International des Véhicules Anciens as Senior Vice President and the International Historic Commission of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. His historic vehicle interests include various veteran cycles, a pre-production Morris Mini Moke, a 1938 Rosengart Sutosix SuperSept coupe, the only surviving example globally with full history and having covered less than 9,000km from new. There are other unique vehicles such as a Zagato Zele, powered by electricity, to a 2005 Range Rover which is the ‘pilot build zero’ vehicle of the 35th Anniversary cars and painted in Anniversary Claret, the same colour as the carriages of the Royal Train.
Deputy Chairman, Director of Skills
Karl Carter
Karl lives in North Norfolk with his wife Elaine. He was formally Agriculture and Operations for British Sugar and retired in 2011 after 40 years with the business.
Karl has significant experience in large scale manufacturing and engineering, together with the knowledge of apprenticeship schemes to develop skills within a business.
Karl has lead the development of the Heritage Engineering Apprenticeship Scheme and works closely with the Heritage Skills Academy.
Karl joined the FBHVC board in 2013 and is a member of the Alvis Owner Club.
Director of Museums & Archiving
Andy Bye
Andy lives in Warwick with his wife Sarah. He was formally Director of Quality & Customer Relations for PSA Peugeot Citroen and spent his entire working career in the automotive industry. After retiring in 2015 Andy became a trustee of the Rootes Archive Centre Trust where he was part of the team that saved the Rootes engineering archive and through fund raising purchased its own archive building.
Director of Research
Dr Huw Davies
A Chartered Engineer and a Fellow of the IMechE, Huw initially trained as an automotive engineer. His current focus is transport policy and practice, specifically developing and setting the technical requirements for current and future vehicle technologies for them to become part of the vehicle fleet.
“The research director role enables me to contribute to the movement by making the case that, as a sector our contribution is positive and providing figures to support that.”
Living in Northamptonshire, Huw has restored a number of cars over the years and currently has a 1932 MG Midget (D-type) to be joined at some point by a Morris Minor.
A member of the MGOCC, MGCC and the VSCC, he is a previous member of the JEC, RSSOC, Volvo Owners Club, Saab Owners Club and the Simca Club UK when he ran those marques.
Director of Technical
Ian Edmunds
Ian lives in South Bucks and has been involved with the Federation on and off since shortly after its foundation in 1988. He was the original Chairman of the Legislation and Fuel Sub-Committee as it then was, before becoming DVLA Liaison Manager and later joining the board.
An engineer by training, his career was in the motor industry involved in vehicle legislation and certification matters. He owns a number of historic motorcycles and cars ranging in age from 1927 to 1981, and is a member of five Federation member clubs.
Director of Legislation
Lindsay Irvine
Lindsay lives in Oxfordshire with his wife Claire. A qualified barrister, he spent over 30 years as a commissioned Legal Officer in the Royal Air Force, retiring from the Service as Director of RAF Legal Services. Until recently he practised as a Legal Chair for a leading professional Regulator. A car and aviation enthusiast from boyhood, he has owned a Riley RME for over 25 years. Having qualified as a General Aviation pilot on joining the RAF, he has flown vintage aircraft for the past 20 years even venturing into ownership. Counting coach driving amongst his qualifications, he is a member of several car and aircraft clubs and a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society.
Director of IT
Tim Jarrett
Tim lives in Surrey and runs an IT and Web company, with over 20 years’ experience providing IT and internet solutions to a wide range of industries. Tim grew up with Austin 7s and now maintains a Frazer Nash TT Replica, a Frazer Nash Targa Florio, drives a Triumph Stag and is currently restoring his Bristol 401. He is a member of the Frazer Nash Car Club.
Communications Director
Geoff Lancaster
After a career that started in automotive with British Leyland, he later moved to join a FTSE100 food company as Head of External Affairs.
Director of Heritage
Phil Sampson
After studying photography, film and TV, Phil spent two years at the National Coal Board's research and development establishment followed by six years in the defence industry. He then moved into PR, initially working for truck, bus and coach manufacturer Scania before starting his own communications company in 1996. Now semi-retired, Phil is also a Vice-President of the National Transport Trust and a member of FIVA's Utilitarian Commission.
Automotive Fuels Specialist
Nigel Elliott
Nigel lives with his partner Laura in South Shropshire, close to the Worcestershire border. He is a keen hillclimber and supporter of Shelsley Walsh Hillclimb and a member of the MAC, HDLCC, Bugatti Owners Club, HSA and BARC. He competes in a 1977 Triumph TR7-V8 4.6 litre twin Turbo modified production car. Nigel has owned a number of classic Range Rovers over the years and currently runs a future classic 2004 XKR Jaguar convertible. Following a long and successful career working in engine and vehicle testing, fuels product development and quality for a multi-national oil company he retired in 2012 and set up a fuels quality consultancy. He is an active member of the British Standards Institute PTI/2 Liquid Fuels Committee as the FBHVC representative and co-opted fuel expert, responsible for petrol, diesel and non-road fuel standards. Nigel was the Convenor of the European Fuel Standards (CEN) Diesel committee and a long-term UK expert member of the Petrol Committee and has been heavily involved in the development of the Biodiesel and Ethanol standards and their implementation in road fuels.
Projects Co-ordinator
Chris Cartmell
Chris lives in South Northants with his wife Jane. Originally trained as an Agricultural Engineer and then working with the agricultural division of Calor Gas. He then joined Mercedes-Benz UK in the early '70s and worked in various After Sales rolls in his almost 40 years with them, finally as Warranty Technical Manager. After taking early retirement in 2011, Chris was able to devote more time to his passion for his two Rover cars and became a Director of the Rover Sports Register Club, with responsibility for DVLA Liaison and helping owners getting their vehicles back on the road. He is also the Organiser of a popular local Classic Car Show, in the town where he has been a Councillor for the past 30+ years. During which time, he has also served as Town Mayor on three separate years of office.
Editor
Andrew Fawkes
Andrew is a member of the Classic & Historic Club of Somerset and a contributor to AstonOwners.com. He qualified as an advanced motorcycle instructor in 1982. His role as editor enables him to combine his passions for classic cars, motorbikes and apostrophes!
Secretary
Mel Holley
A native of Warwickshire, Mel now lives in the Fens near Peterborough. A former surveyor with East Midlands Electricity, he spent two decades in editorial roles in transport journalism (road, rail, bus and coach) in the consumer and B2B sectors. He now runs his own consultancy and services business specialising in transport-related matters. A qualified Transport Manager (passenger) he also holds PCV and LGV licences. A member of numerous FBHVC member clubs, he runs a number of classic cars, ranging from Trabant, Wartburg, Austin Allegro to a Bedford HA van, Mk1 Smart and a Citroën C6. A Freeman of the City of London and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Carmen, he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Chartered Institute of Logics and Transport and the Institute of Transport Administration.
