Paul Ripley

CURRICULUM VITAE (Resume)

Paul's unique experience, reputation and services are trusted by an astonishing array of the world’s top companies and prominent car manufacturers. What Paul has achieved in the industry is unprecedented and these achievements have been publicly acclaimed. His peers and the UK press suggest his award winning 40-year stellar career is unsurpassed.

He is recognised as the 'standard setter' in the driver and driving safety market, providing pre-eminent online driver safety solutions for the telematics, fleet and insurance industry markets worldwide.

Amongst his career highlights, he was awarded the coveted 'Prince Michael Road Safety Award' in 2000 for his contribution to driver safety with his involvement in driver training markets, editorials, articles, TV and media appearances.

Paul has historical credence in supplying expert online driver / driving safety solutions, programmes and course modules. Utilising his unique experience and expertise, he works with companies to implement a variety of driver safety risk solutions to lower loss ratio, operational costs and crash causation and frequency.

Paul also writes about safer driving for The Daily Telegraph, Business Car Manager, AA Magazine, Auto Express and EVO. He is the published author of Expert Driving and was also responsible for the written content for the Driver Risk Dynamics Ltd, telematics data-based, driver education programme which took three years to complete. He was called 'God's Chauffeur' by The Daily Telegraph and 'The Driving Doctor' when appearing as the driving safety expert on Channel 4's Driven TV programme. Below is an overview of his accomplishments and substantial resume:

• DRIVING QUALIFICATIONS

Dept. of Transport Approved Advanced Driving (DOT ADI) Coach (Highest Grade 6) D.I.A. Diploma DI. DIA Diplomas in Advanced Driving Instruction Grade A - Dept. of Transport 'Cardington Special Driving Test' D.I.A. - Diamond Advanced Instructor RoSPA Gold - Grade One Advanced Driver Test HPC Club Member - High Performance Courses Mercedes-Benz Intensive Chauffeur Course

The High-Performance Course UK Institute of Advanced Motorists Driving Test RoSPA Diploma in Advanced Driving & Driver Training (RoSPA) Advanced Drivers Organisation Member and Consultant MASTER Drivers Guild, Grade 1, Masters and Diploma Di

• ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

DIA - 5 Module Diplomas in Driving Instruction RoSPA Advanced Diploma Course - Advanced Teaching Certificate City & Guilds 730 Teaching Diploma D.I.A. Diamond Advanced Instructor Certificate Dept. for Transport - A.D.I. Instructor Grade 6 (top grade) Hundreds of Seminars and Briefings Fully Qualified Circuit Racing Coach/Instructor

• SPECIAL DRIVER / ROAD SAFETY AWARDS

'Prince Michael Special Road Safety Award' Winner - London UK 'Royal Logistic Corps Safety Award' - Presented by the 'Worshipful Company of Carmen'

• CONSULTANCY – ADVISORY

UK Department of Transport Road Safety UK Driving Standards Agency (DSA) The Daily Telegraph Group Mercedes-Benz Lotus Engineering Roadsafe - Prince Michael Road Safety Group Volvo UK BMW EVO Magazine Expert Panel Jardine Lloyd Thompson Insurance Group RoSPA - Royal Society of Prevention of Accidents Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) Hyundai, Ulsan, South Korea West Yorkshire Police - Road Traffic Division Law firms (expert witness) - court cases

• TV BROADCASTING and APPEARANCES

BBC National TV Channel 4 TV's DRIVEN (three series as 'The Driving Doctor') Yorkshire TV (four 'Safer Driving' series) SKY TV Tyne Tees TV Granada TV East Anglia TV Channel 9 Australia (expert comment re. Princess Diana's car crash) BBC Regional TV French TV News Plus many radio talk shows (expert comment)

• PAUL RIPLEY – JOURNALIST

The Daily Telegraph - weekly safe driving column in Saturday's Telegraph for nine years Author of the book, Expert Driving Auto Express magazine (weekly column) Top Gear magazine Volvo magazine Performance Car magazine Yorkshire Post Newspaper Group Mercedes-Benz magazine Readers Digest EVO magazine (expert panel) AA Magazine Black Newspaper Group Canada

• AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Mercedes-Benz Rolls-Royce Porsche Bentley BMW Chevrolet GM

Mitsubishi Hyundai, South Korea Hyundai UK Volkswagen Volvo Nissan Caterham Cars Toyota Audi TWR Engineering Prodrive Ricardo Automotive Engineering Lotus Cars & Lotus Engineering Mascotech Automotive Engineering Dunlop Suspension and Automotive Components Rolls-Royce Engineering Bridgestone Tyres UK

• RACING SCHOOLS ATTENDED

Winfield Racing School - Magny Cours, France Silverstone Racing School - Advanced Jim Russell Racing Drivers' School - Snetterton (Scholarship) Brands Hatch Racing Schools Snetterton Racing Academy Spa Francochamps – Belgium Mercedes-Benz - Melsheim Circuit Cadwell Park Race School Oulton Park Racing School Mickey Pillette Racing School - Zolder, Belgium 96 Club - On Track Driving - Chief Instructor Jim Russell Racing School - Donington Park Team Touraco Racing School - Cadwell Park Nürburgring - Germany Ascari Race Resort – Spain Mike Franey Advanced Car Control – Bruntingthorpe Ricardo Tomo Circuit – Valencia, Spain MIRA Wet Surface Skid School - UK

• GLOBAL VENUES (where I ran driver events and car launches)

Mireval - France (Goodyear Test Circuit) Melsheim Proving Ground - Germany Hyundai Ulsan Proving Ground - South Korea

Goodwood ‘Festival of Speed’ Magny Cours - France Silverstone Circuit Millbrook Proving Ground M.I.R.A. Proving Ground Dunton Proving Grounds (Ford) Bruntingthorpe Proving Grounds Brands Hatch Racing Circuit, GP Circuit Elvington Proving Ground and Circuit Knockhill Circuit Isle of Man TT Course Goodwood Circuit

Nürburgring Circuit - Germany Cadwell Park Circuit Castle Coombe Thruxton Circuit Croft Circuit Oulton Park Circuit Harewood Hill Climb Chobham Test Track Tockwith Test Track

BUSINESS and SPONSORSHIP ASSOCIATIONS

Mercedes-Benz - Germany and UK Pirelli Tyres - Italy The Daily Telegraph Proton - Malaysia Jardine Lloyd Thompson Insurance Group Caterham Cars Hyundai UK Bridgestone Tires - Japan and UK Audi UK Lotus Cars

• PAUL RIPLEY is the founder of:

Paul Ripley Driving Courses Master Drivers Guild Paul Ripley Promosport Paul Ripley Media Paul Ripley Expert Witness Services Advanced Road Drivers of Canada Paul Ripley Drive (Brands Hatch Circuit) Driver Risk Dynamics ‘Empower’ Telematics Driver Education The Driving Doctor

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