Michael Hague-Morgan

Mike Hague-Morgan is a co-owner and majority shareholder of Autocraft Solutions Group. With his strong track record in turning companies around, Mike was appointed Commercial and Engineering Director of US-owned Autocraft Industries in 2008, with a brief to turn the loss-making company into profit. Seeing the potential of this very unique company, Mike led the MBO of the company in 2010 and the company was re-born as Autocraft Drivetrain Solutions. Under Mike’s and his senior leadership team’s direction, Autocraft Solutions Group was formed following the purchases of Vertex Engineering Solutions in 2015 and Autocraft Machining Solutions in 2018. Since the MBO, the company has grow from £6m to £60m+ turnover, and from 98 to over 430 employees. It has diversified into EV battery repair and remanufacture and provides a fully outsourced IC engine assembly solution for OEMs moving to EV.

A keen off-road enthusiast, Mike followed his hobby of rebuilding old Land Rovers into a BEng Mechanical Engineering degree at Cardiff University. Having initially started his career at Ford, Mike moved into the automotive tier 1 supply base working in the casting, forging and machining sector where he had roles in operations, engineering and sales at sites across the UK.

Mike is a passionate believer in B2B partnerships with a win-win philosophy. He is a keen supporter of developing engineering talent and champions the use of new technology in manufacturing businesses. Mike is a Vice President of the SMMT and also Chair of their Automotive Components Section (ACS). He is a former Vice Chair of the East Midlands Regional Advisory Board for Make UK, and a former Manufacturing Board Member of the Greater Lincolnshire LEP. He regularly supports Innovate UK and KTN Workshops to promote engineering and manufacturing in the UK.