Trevor Chinn

Sir Trevor Edwin Chinn, CVO (born 24 July 1935) is a British businessman and philanthropist.

Business career

Chinn was educated at Clifton College and King's College, Cambridge and started his career at Lex Garages (later Lex Service plc) where he followed in his father Rosser's footsteps, ascending to the role of Managing Director in 1968 at the age of 33 and to Chairman and Chief Executive in 1973. In 1968 Lex made £1m in profits, but by the time he retired in 2003 the profits were over £85m. His most notable achievement at Lex was the acquisition of the RAC in 1999 for £425m, which completely changed the nature of the company and led to its change of name in 2001 to RAC plc. In 1989 he initiated the Lex Report on Motoring (now the RAC Report on Motoring), the most authoritative study of motorists' attitudes in Britain.

He has become a successful entrepreneur. He is Senior Adviser, CVC Capital Partners; Chairman of ITIS plc, a traffic information company; Chairman of Streetcar (carsharing), the largest UK pay-as-you-go car club, concentrating its operations around London and 5 other UK cities; Chairman of the Mayor's Fund for London and Chair of the government's Motorists` Forum.