Kevan serves as LKQ UK and Ireland’s Group CEO after joining the business in February 2019 in the role of Chief Commercial Officer. The group role covers the executive leadership of LKQ Euro Car Parts, LKQ Bodyshop, LKQ Leisure and Marine and LKQ Digraph.

He has played an instrumental role in the transformation of the business which has seen LKQ UK and Ireland improve its operational standards, customer centricity and talent management. He is a champion of all aspects of the business’s culture and values.

By retaining, engaging and growing our colleagues, LKQ UK and Ireland has built a great team behind our customers to ensure their businesses are successful. If our customers are successful, we are successful also - it’s a virtuous circle.

KEVAN WOODEN  
CEO, LKQ UK & Ireland 

Kevan brings a unique financial, operational, and global skill set having lived and worked in the UK, Continental Europe and the USA. He joined the business from CBRE and prior to that worked for Johnson Controls. Kevan is a UK national and a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).