about us.

DTO exists to provide the very best motorsport drive experiences, driver training programmes, and race coaching possible. We were born from a love of motor racing, but we’re not just about cars: people are at the core of everything we do. So whether you love driving supercars, want to go racing, or are simply looking to improve your skills and safety while driving on the road, we are able to support you.

Whether it’s the extensive expertise and knowledge of our passionate team – encompassing everything from car preparation to driver coaching and corporate hospitality – or the fun and friendly atmosphere we create at our events, it all contributes to creating the best possible experience for you.

Total customer focus is what we do: our team brings a wealth of experience creating and delivering products and services valued by high-net-worth and blue-chip corporate clients alike. This means you and your needs are our number-one priority: by truly understanding our clients, we forge deep and lasting partnerships, while at the same time keeping things fun, engaging and unique.

” The DTO team is amazing and made the event very special “

JAMES LOTZ
MANAGING DIRECTOR VERIFONE

the team.

At DTO Motorsport, our passionate and people focused team has a unique mixture of knowledge, skills and hands-on industry experience.

Mike Jordan

DTO's CEO and Chairman, Mike’s long and highly successful corporate career has spanned over two decades leading marketing, business development and technical teams in the financial services industry, across the globe. Mike has also held senior executive roles at American Express and was a board member of their Middle Eastern business. With a diverse portfolio of investments, board positions and advisory roles in FinTech, travel and insure-tech, as DTO's founder, Mike is a driven entrepreneur, passionate about helping great people build great businesses.

Dani Jordan

Dani leads Marketing and Branding at DTO Motorsport. Having an editorial background, a passion for design and experience in social media content creation, Dani is focused on building our brand and creating awareness of DTO.  As a qualified Counsellor & Psychotherapist and Personal Trainer Dani has developed and flexed her interpersonal skills, she brings her knowledge of working closely with people to enhance a guest's experience at our events.

Karun Chandhok

DTO’s Head of Motorsport, Karun Chandhok, holds a longstanding notable career in all areas of motor racing. His role at DTO is to oversee all our products and programmes, injecting them with his expertise. His impressive racing career saw him compete in GP2, Formula 1 and most recently Formula E. His work then extends far and wide, on to areas such as managing drivers, consulting for companies such as Williams and making a big name for himself in commentating and analysis, where Karun is now a part of the Sky Sports F1 team.

Eddy Hall

Eddy's engineering career began 10 years ago, working on some fantastic classic race cars, including Mustangs, Cobras, and Jaguar E-Types, he then went on to specialise in classic Aston Martin’s. One of the many reasons Eddy loves his job is because no two days are ever the same. His role has taken him all over the world, working with incredible people, at incredible circuits, under incredible cars. Eddy's experience is vast, and his talent has led him to support race teams at Le Mans, British GT, World Rally Cross and many more, including 3 years as a contractor at Pure McLaren events. As our Head of Engineering Eddy oversees our workshop and all things vehicles, ensuring our cars are ready for events. With a meticulous eye for detail and safety conscious, Eddy ensures that our vehicles are maintained to an extremely high standard.

Emma Rainbow

Emma has been producing events globally for over 14 years, focusing on the automotive and luxury sector. Emma believes anything is possible and loves to make it happen, and is responsible for the overall operations and event side of the business. Her experience spans across the automotive industry from McLaren to Jeep, from BMW to Jaguar. She specialises in complex events including global test drives, track day design and management, large experiential structural builds, innovative vehicle launches and extensive dealer trainer programmes, always focusing on the detail! Delivering these events has taken Emma all over the world, which ties in with her passion for travelling and exploring on and off the beaten track.

Ben Dillon

Ben is at the forefront of DTO and is responsible for building and nurturing relationships with our clients and partners. Ben works closely with the sales team to identify and generate new opportunities for DTO and is passionate about driving the company forward, focusing on business development and investment conversations. Having raced karts for 15 years, a hobby which took him all across Europe during his childhood, he still loves motorsport and brings his experience to the team. Away from the circuit, Ben is an avid sports fan and he loves both watching and playing football and has even be known to climb the odd mountain.

GEORGIE McCormack

With almost 8 years of experience working in automotive and motorsport events, Georgie is confidently responsible for personnel and event management as well as hospitality coordination. She has worked on a variety of well-known industry events such as Monaco F1, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival on behalf of Mercedes-Benz and McLaren. Georgie is also well practiced in holding private events for renowned household names such as Continental, Williams Martini Racing and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1. Georgie loves that her job has taken her all around the world and allowed her to experience many different cultures. Her passion for the industry stems from a general love of adrenaline, fast paced sports which often extends to gymnastics and skiing in her free time.

Toby Westley

Toby has been working as a Technician since 2013 where he initially started with Historic and Classic cars. He’s had experience working on race cars such as Jaguar E-Type, Austin Healey’s, Lotus’ and big American muscle cars such as Mustangs, Corvette Stingrays and Historic Formula 1 vehicles. He then moved onto modern single seaters as a No.1 Technician for both British Formula 4 and Historic Formula 1, before progressing onto McLaren where he worked as a contractor for their road cars. Toby moved on to be a No.1 Technician for McLaren’s Customer Racing division, where he worked on GT4s, GT3s, Senna GTRs, and all of the McLaren road cars, this was a great opportunity to work on the best of the cars McLaren have to offer. Having aspirations to be a racing driver since he was a child, Toby has been chasing his own racing career on the side and is currently developing his own BMW Compact to race in the 750 Motor Club Hot Hatch Championship. His long-term goal is to either become a Driver Coach or utilise his great team attitude and become a Team Manager.

CAROLINE JAMES

Caroline started her career in events 10 years ago and has worked across multiple industries during that time. However, when she started working on automotive events in 2016, she knew there was no going back. In her previous roles, Caroline gained a depth of experience in delivering a range of events including customer road drives, vehicle launches and dealer training programmes for clients such as Lotus, McLaren and Volkswagen Group. These events have taken Caroline all around the world which she loves as she loves going to new places. Caroline enjoys working in a fast paced environment which comes in handy as head of events and operations at DTO!

Laps for trees.

OUR ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITMENT

Laps for Trees
For every lap completed by one of our fleet, we plant a tree – creating a net positive impact to protect future generations of drivers.

TREES WE’VE PLANTED so far.

driver training.

WE BELIEVE TRADITIONAL DRIVING LESSONS ARE INADEQUATE.

At DTO Motorsport, we coach ordinary road-users on their journey to becoming highly skilled drivers, with a laser focus on safety that inspires our students with the confidence they need to excel in the driver’s seat.

Our Learner Driver Programme will give you not only the theoretical and practical skills needed to pass a UK driving test, but importantly also a core set of advanced driving techniques.

Using skid pans at private test tracks, along with computer simulators, we also teach safe and appropriate responses to hazards and adverse weather conditions like snow and ice. Because new drivers are most likely to have an accident at night, we devote teaching time to driving in the dark.

In addition to our Learner Driver Programme, we also offer a range of Advanced, performance, and race driver training programmes – all taught to the same high standards of excellence.

Visit DTO Performance for further information on our driver training programmes.