Allan Tyrer, company secretary and finance director of the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has left the organisation.

Sarah Sillars, IMI chief executive officer, said: “Following a period of reflection, Allan has decided to leave the business to take up a new direction in his career.”

Sillars said that while Tyrer was instrumental in helping the IMI grow, ‘he now wishes to focus on his future work helping smaller businesses prosper and thrive’.

The IMI hasn’t yet confirmed who will be replacing him as financial director.