John Howett

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January 15 2006

John Howett

John Howett has been a Toyota man for over 25 years, having graduated from the Loughborough College of Technology in 1973. He first stepped into the motorsport arena in the late 1970s, co-ordinating the rally team’s service and preparation operations alongside Ove Andersson for three years. He then moved to Toyota (GB) Ltd. in 1980, where he was involved in every aspect of after-sales service until 1991. The next phase of Howett’s illustrious Toyota career took him to Belgium, where he joined Toyota Motor Marketing Europe (TMME). Over a ten-year period, Howett held several positions in the Marketing Division, supervising Product Management, Research, and Brand before later being appointed as Vice-President for Toyota/Lexus Sales & Marketing in January 2001. In 2002, he took over the role of Vice-President in charge of all after-sales activities of TMME before moving to Cologne at the start of 2003 to begin a new chapter as President of Toyota Motorsport.

 

 

Career at a glance

1977-80
Toyota Team Europe
Co-ordination of rally team’s service
and preparation operations alongside Ove Andersson

1980-91
Toyota GB Ltd
After-Sales

1991-01
Toyota Motor Marketing Europe (TMME)
Marketing Division, supervising Product Management,
Research and Brand

2001
TMME
Vice-President for Toyota/Lexus Sales & Marketing

2002
TMME
Vice-President in charge of all after-sales activities

2003-06
Toyota Motorsport
President

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