The Team

Craig Horvath (Director/Technician)
Craig worked at a small Specialist in Ladbroke grove, mainly Porsche, Rolls Royce and Bosch diagnostics when he first arrived in the UK. He joined AFN Isleworth in 1988 and was there during the launch of the Porsche 964. During the early nineties he moved to a small independent to do mobile Porsche servicing and repairs. Following this he was asked to join Ruf GB working on cars such as the RUF CTR “Yellowbird”, RUF CTR2 and RUF RCT. He worked as a foreman there for 4 years and then In 1999 he founded GT One with Pete.

Peter Bedford (Director/Technician)
Pete’s involvement with Porsche dates from 1986 when he joined at AFN Isleworth and the Porsche 944, Porsche 928 and Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera were current models. During the early nineties he moved to a small independent working on track and race preparation of Porsche cars. Following this he worked at Ruf GB, for 3 years as a Porsche tuner. In 1999 he founded GT One with Craig

Ken Hughes (Technician)
Ken joined AFN Isleworth, West london in 1964 when the Porsche 356 was still a current model. Ken worked on repairing the first ever Porsche 911 in the UK. Since then Ken has worked on, taken apart and put back together, pretty much every model of Porsche made. Ken joined GT One in 2000.

Paul Stevens (Technician)
Paul joined AFN Guildford in 1988 and then moved to AFN Reading, Berkshire in 1992. He then moved to RUF GB followed by a period working for Zest Motorsport specialising in Porsche and Ferrari motorsport and track preparation. He has been working with GT One since 2003.

Dean Horvath (Technician)
Dean trained at GT One, starting in 2000 and then moved to Porsche GB Centre Guildford, Surrey where he was trained on the latest models. Since then Dean has moved back to GT One with a particular interest in suspension setup and geometry.

Jack Gallagher (Technician)
Jack has been a valuable member of the team since he started his apprenticeship with GT One in early 2007. He has developed into a valuable member of the team.

Ian Hutchinson
Prior to Ian's introduction to the Porsche World he embarked on a career with 2 wheeled machines, spending time with Harley Davidson, Kawasaki and Bultaco in a variety of roles. In the mid-eighties he furthered his career with Porsche dealing mainly with Parts and Warranties. In the 90's he was involved with the FIA GT race series with driver Justin Bell, and continued for some time before moving over to the dark side and joining a Ferrari race team competing in the 430 challenge series, where he stayed for a number of years, before joining us in 2009.

Gordon Kemp (Senior Technician)
Gordon is a vital member of our team as he is the senior technician, and foreman of our very busy workshop. After school he began his apprenticeship at AFN Isleworth in the 70'sand 80's, there after worked at a London based Specialist whom competed with a Group C series 956 and 962. Gordon then ran his own business for a short while, before joining a main dealer in Hatfield where he was for 16yrs prior to joining us. He brings with him a wealth of knowledge. He joined us in 2010

Kai Newstead
Kai started out at a s mall Porsche Specialist as an apprentice in 2000, He joined us in 2002 and then completed his apprenticeship. He left us and joined a main dealer in Reading where he gathered a great deal of knowledge on the later cars, of which he brought back with him in 2009.

Agata Tanaka
Accountant/Financial Manager been with us since 2000