Kerry WattsDirector and Co-Founder, Star Centre Specialist Automobile Outfitting LLC
Kerry Watts is Director and Co-Founder of Star Centre, a specialist collision repair business in Dubai, and the author of “From the Desk of Kerry Watts” in BodyShop News International, where he writes on why repair standards fail and what it takes to make them hold.
An automotive and industrial leader with thirty years across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Kerry spent much of his career with Goodyear, where he led the Emerging Markets truck business across more than 80 countries, ran the South African commercial business from manufacturing through to retail and service, and returned the Sub-Saharan Africa operation to profit. He has sat on statutory boards in South Africa, Kenya and the United Kingdom.
His perspective on standards is that of an operator who has worked on both sides of the relationship: the manufacturer and network owner, and now the independent repairer. He holds an MBA with Distinction from Alliance Manchester Business School. At Automechanika Dubai he speaks on the case for a UAE collision repair standard and what adoption would mean for insurers, repairers and vehicle owners.