Daryl Kenningham has served as Group 1’s Chief Executive Officer since January 2023 and as President and a director since August 2022. He served as Chief Operating Officer from August 2022 to December 2022. Previously, he served as President of U.S. Operations since May 2017 and Regional Vice President since July 2011.
 
Prior to joining Group 1, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Ascent Automotive in Houston and previously held a variety of sales, marketing, finance and automotive-logistics positions with Gulf States Toyota in the United States. He also held various sales, marketing and vehicle distribution positions in the United States and Japan with Nissan Motor Corporation, where he began his career in 1988.
 
Kenningham serves on the Board of Directors for the Greater Houston Partnership. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Michigan and his Master of Business Administration from the University of Florida.