Tom Leathes

Tom is the CEO and founder of Motorway, the UK’s fastest-growing used car marketplace.  He has pioneered an online-first approach to the used car-selling experience, transforming the way people sell their cars and helping them secure a competitive price by connecting them directly with an extensive car dealer network.  At the same time, the Motorway platform supports car dealerships to more easily acquire quality used car stock.

As a result, in just five years Motorway has helped over 2.5 million customers value and sell their cars, whilst the company itself has grown to a team of over 400 people.  It was recently valued at more than $1billion.

Prior to Motorway, Tom founded a series of successful business ventures including a consumer finance online quote engine acquired by AOL and a broadband comparison site acquired by uSwitch. He started his career at a climate change consultancy, providing guidelines for businesses to achieve carbon neutrality.