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Steve Williams NED, Fellow IoD, MBA, Board Advisor.

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Founder / CEO at Your Virtual Board
📍 Knaresborough, England, United Kingdom

Steve Williams is a board-level executive with extensive experience in the automotive retail and logistics sectors, both with large PLCs and as an SME owner. As the Founder and CEO of Your Virtual Board, he now focuses on providing fractional c-suite expertise to help small and medium-sized enterprises achieve their growth potential. He holds an MBA from Cranfield School of Management.

His unique professional focus is on making top-tier strategic guidance accessible and affordable for SMEs through his innovative "virtual board" concept.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Founder / CEO
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Knaresborough, England, United Kingdom
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Priorities

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SME Growth
He founded Your Virtual Board specifically to provide SMEs with strategic guidance, implementation support, and fractional executive expertise to help them scale and optimize performance.
Automotive Retail
Has a deep background in the automotive sector, having founded Drivestyle Group and Autoflex UK. He also maintains a personal interest in brands like Ford and BMW.
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Career

Work history

6-2024
Founder / CEO
Your Virtual Board
9-2016
Portfolio Non Executive Director
Self-employed
3-2018
Fellow Institute of Directors
Institute of DIrectors-uk
3-2014 - 6-2020
JOINT FOUNDER / NON-EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
AUTOFLEX UK
5-2004 - 8-2016
FOUNDER and CHIEF EXECUTIVE
DRIVESTYLE GROUP-Specialist Vehicle Sales /Autoservice Centres and Vehicle Solutions Company
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Education
1987 - 1988
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Cranfield School of Management
1962 - 1968
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HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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