WCA STEERING COMMITTEE
The awards are administered by a non-profit association, under the guidance of a Steering Committee of pre-eminent automotive journalists from Asia, Europe, and North America. Peter Lyon (Japan) and Matt Davis (Italy) are the co-chairs; John McCormick (USA), Jens Meiners (Germany) and Gerry Malloy (Canada) are the directors. There is no affiliation with, nor are the awards in any way influenced by any publication, auto show, automaker, or other commercial enterprise.
 | MATT DAVIS Co-chair ITALY | Contributor: Winding Road, Edmonds Inside Line, European Car, Wynn Las Vegas, Auto Express UK, Sunday Times UK, Octane UK, Omni Auto Italy, Expressen Motor Sweden, Teknikens Varld Sweden, Genroq Japa |
| So far as auto enthusiast publications go, Matt Davis remains the only American correspondent living and working in Europe. He contributes regularly to Winding Road in the United States (www.windingroad.com) as European Editor and can count some 20 additional publications around the world as frequent clients. He has also written books on various car subjects, particularly in the areas of design and designers. He calls northern Italy home. | ||
 | PETER LYON Co-chair JAPAN | Japan-based contributor to Motor Trend (US), Quattroruote (It), Auto Bild (Ger), Herald Sun (Aus), Auto Express (UK), Evo (UK), Motor (Aus), Holiday Auto (Jpn), Car (SAf)... |
| Entering his 24th year reporting from Japan, Australian-born journalist Peter Lyon contributes to more than a dozen publications worldwide, including America's Edmunds Insideline, Britain's Auto Express, Italy's Quattroruote and Germany's Auto Bild.
As a fluent speaker and writer of Japanese, he writes for several of Japan's most influential automotive publications such as Best Car, Engine and Holiday Auto magazines. Regarded as the most prolific bilingual automotive writer and translator in the country, he has translated books on Bridgestone Motorsport, writes for Sony's Gran Turismo, and races a Mazda MX-5 in the local one-make series. In addition to his position as WCOTY juror and Co-chair, he also votes on the jury panel for the Japan Car of the Year and the International Engine of the Year awards. Having had a soft spot for British cars since before he can remember, he finally got his hands on a Sherwood Green Jaguar XJ8 in the summer of 2005, one of the last Jaguars made by Jaguar. | ||
 | GERRY MALLOY Director CANADA | Contributor: Toronto Star, Canadian Auto Dealer, MSN Autos (Canada) |
| After more than 20 years as an automotive test and development engineer, Gerry Malloy turned his hand to automotive journalism. In his 14 years as such, he has become Canada's only three-time Automotive Journalist of the Year, and has won several other awards for his writing. While his passions are automotive history and technology, his work covers the full range of the automotive spectrum, including new car and truck previews and reviews, racing and safety and environmental issues. He also played a major role in the continued development of the Canadian Car of the Year awards program over a 10-year period. | ||
 | JOHN MCCORMICK Director UNITED STATES | Contributor: Detroit News, Automotive Industries, Consumers Digest, Bloomberg Markets magazine, Top Gear - UK, Die Welt - Germany, Automobil Produktion - Germany |
| British-born John McCormick came to the United States in 1986 to join AutoWeek magazine after four years as deputy editor of Britain's prestigious CAR magazine. McCormick moved from AutoWeek to Ward's Auto World and then became an independent auto writer in 1992.
Today, McCormick is one of the leading United States-based international automotive writers, contributing to publications in every major market around the world. In Europe, McCormick contributes to leading consumer automotive newspapers and magazines in every major market - Top Gear in the UK, Die Welt and Auto Zeitung in Germany, L'Automobile in France, Gente Motori in Italy and Autopista in Spain. In the Pacific Rim region, McCormick is the United States editor for Driver magazine in Japan and contributes to the Sydney Morning Herald in Australia. Widely travelled, McCormick's expertise includes new vehicle evaluation as well as reporting on automotive industry developments, supplier activities, production facilities, personnel and business matters | ||
 | JENS MEINERS Director GERMANY | Owner: SpotPress Services; contributor to a number of national and international publications. |
| Jens Meiners has covered the automotive industry since 1996.
A former law student, he began his career in automotive journalism as editor of the buyer's guide Autosalon. He has since written for a number of newspapers, trade and enthusiast magazines, including Arabia Motors, Auto Week, Automotive News Europe, and Car and Driver. He is co-owner of the automotive news agency SpotPress Services in Cologne, Germany. He lives in Northern Bavaria with a growing collection of cars, which includes an Aston Martin Lagonda and a Nissan Skyline GT-R. | ||
 | JASON STEIN Director UNITED STATES | Editor, Automotive News and Publisher, Automotive News Europe |
| Jason Stein was named editor of Automotive News in August 2009. In this role he directs the editorial staff of more than 40 reporters and editors around the world. Mr. Stein also continues to lead Automotive News Europe as publisher of the European operation. The European staff produces several online and print news products and hosts a number of annual events including its annual Congress each summer.
Mr. Stein joined Automotive News in 2003. As a reporter he covered many important automotive beats in the United States and Europe, including General Motors, Volkswagen and Daimler. Mr. Stein joined Crain Communications from The Journal Gazette, a morning newspaper in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where he spent seven years in various roles as an editor, reporter and the paper's first automotive columnist. Prior to that, he worked for four newspapers as well as the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where he was a news, business and sports reporter. Mr. Stein is Canadian and holds many state and national journalism awards. In 1994, he earned an honors bachelor of arts degree in political science from the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. | ||
