{"id":927,"date":"2025-03-14T14:35:05","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/the-abc.club\/?p=927"},"modified":"2025-03-14T14:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T14:37:36","slug":"breaking-ground-auto-traders-catherine-faiers-claims-prestigious-inspiring-automotive-woman-of-the-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/the-abc.club\/index.php\/2025\/03\/14\/breaking-ground-auto-traders-catherine-faiers-claims-prestigious-inspiring-automotive-woman-of-the-year-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking Ground: Auto Trader&#8217;s Catherine Faiers Claims Prestigious Inspiring Automotive Woman of the Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"927\" class=\"elementor elementor-927\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b95d58a e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2b95d58a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41e74937 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"41e74937\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In a landmark moment for automotive leadership, Auto Trader COO Catherine Faiers has been crowned the Automotive 30% Club IMI Inspiring Automotive Woman of the Year 2025. The announcement, made at the prestigious IMI Awards Dinner, celebrates Faiers&#8217; transformative impact on the industry since joining Auto Trader in 2017.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;The future of automotive is bright with all these incredible women at the heart of it,&#8221; remarked Faiers, whose journey from her 2017 entry to her 2019 COO appointment exemplifies the leadership potential for women in automotive.<\/p>\n\n<p>Beyond her executive role, Faiers champions a multi-faceted approach to industry transformation:<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 Drives diversity initiatives as Auto Trader&#8217;s ethnicity network executive sponsor<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 Provides targeted mentorship for women facing intersectional career barriers<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 Partners with the Social Mobility Foundation and Cherie Blair Foundation For Women<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 Pioneers female entrepreneurship through angel investing, addressing the 3% VC funding gap for women<\/p>\n\n<p>\u2022 Launched the groundbreaking &#8220;Great Events for All&#8221; initiative, partnering with the Automotive 30% Club and Consent Collective to promote safer, more inclusive industry events<\/p>\n\n<p>Julia Muir, Automotive 30% Club Founder, praised Faiers&#8217; comprehensive impact: &#8220;Catherine truly embodies what it is to be an Inspiring Automotive Woman. 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