Management Team
Corporate Management
Jean Jacques Lafont
Founder & Chairman
Having previously worked for Hewlett Packard Europe, Jean Jacques co-founded Alliance Automotive Group in 1989 with Alistair Brown.
Franck Baduel
Chief Executive Officer
Franck has worked with Alliance Automotive Group for over 20 years gaining previous experience whilst working in finance.
Cyrius Peter
Chief Financial Officer
Cyrius joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2016 and has held the position as Head of European Finance at Alliance Automotive Group in the past years. Prior to that, he worked in audit and transaction services at Deloitte for several years.
Alex Bertoli
Chief Transformation Officer
Before joining Alliance Automotive Group in 2021, Alex worked for Delphi Technologies, in both Aftermarket and Corporate roles. Prior to that he worked for Boston Consulting Group.
Sylvain Lemercier
Chief Purchasing Officer
Sylvain joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2015, having previously worked at Phillips Lumiled, Autodistribution, PSA and Faurecia.
Asireh Moradkhani
Chief Human Resources Officer
Asireh has been Group HR Manager since 2018. She has worked for Coler since 2015, which was acquired by Alliance Automotive Group in 2015.
Peter Yip
Chief Information Officer
Peter joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2024, previously working as Chief Technology Officer for global travel company Thomas Cook.
Country Management
General Managers
France
Thomas Tabiasco
General Manager
Thomas joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2011 and has held the positions of Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Automotive Group France, member of the Board of Directors of GROUPAUTO and Precisium and most recently, Chief Financial Officer of Alliance Automotive Group Europe.
UK & IE
Steve Richardson
Co-General Manager
Steve joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2015, following time at AC Delco, General Motors, and as Aftermarket Sales Director at Denso Europe.
UK & IE
Angelo Arnone
Co-General Manager
Angelo joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2001 with extensive previous experience in the commercial vehicle parts aftermarket.
Germany
Cor Baltus
General Manager
Cor has joined Alliance Automotive Group when they acquired Parts Point Group in 2019. He has worked with PPG for over 6 years after previous experience while working at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and KIA.
Poland
Wit Wyborski
General Manager
Wit joined Alliance Automotive Group in 2019. He worked previously as managing director at Bridgestone Europe and Feu Vert.
Benelux
Rob Visser
General Manager
Iberia
Nacho Pernas
General Manager
Having previously worked for Robert Bosch, Nacho has been working for LAUSAN for more than 15 years. Nacho joined Alliance Automotive Group when they acquired LAUSAN & SOULIMA in April 2022.