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Who's Who

Who's Who

Keylink is run by a keen and enthusiastic team. David Newton (Managing Director) is renowned within the classic car world for his depth of knowledge in all aspects of motoring. Between 2003 and 2007, David also headed up the second largest Porsche club in the world in the role as Chairman of the 16000 member Porsche Club Great Britain. He is also Porsche Club GB Motorsport Chairman, assisting in the running one of the largest and most successful race series in the country. David is also on the MG Car Club Safety Fast Magazine editorial team, and contributes regular articles to many Classic car monthly magazine.

Rob Tate joined Keylink in 1992 working part time, as the rest of his week was spent teaching trainee mechanics at Highbury College of Technology near Porstsmouth. He contunued teaching untill 2004 when he became full time at Keylink and took up his present position. Rob gained a B.A. [Hons] from Southampton University in his spare time. Prior to joining Keylink Rob worked for Scotthall BMW [formerly Wiggins BMW] in Winchester. He is an active member of the institute of the Motor Industry.

He relaxes by playing drums in a local band! Rob is now General Manager of Keylink SAS.


Jon is the newest member to the Keylink SAS team and plays an important role in the day to day running of the business in the office. Jon's interests lie in anything automotive- but in particular motorcycles, and he has enjoyed racing them for a number of years. If you call Keylink or drop us an email, likelyhood is you will speak to him.