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CAREER-VIEW MIRROR - biographies of colleagues in the automotive and mobility industries.
Davina Saranna: Carrying a Legacy and Forging Her Own Path With Top Women in EV
In this episode of CAREER-VIEW MIRROR, we’re celebrating the career to date of Daveena Saranna.
Daveena is the EV Campaigns Manager at Green.TV Media, where she heads up Top Women in EV—making waves in both sustainability and media. With a career that includes Everything Electric, EZOO, Blenheim Palace, and the England Men’s & Mixed Netball Association, she’s mastered the art of blending content, sustainability, and being a 25-year-old woman with a big passion for what she does.
In our conversation, we talk about Daveena’s entrepreneurial family story, beginning with her grandfather moving to the UK from India and her father going on to establish Europe’s largest independent Porsche dealership. We explore her early exposure to the family business, and how her parents’ complementary skills shaped her understanding of leadership and teamwork.
We also cover her personal journey through education, including the challenges of dyslexia and a later autism diagnosis, and how she turned setbacks into determination—securing her place at Warwick University and becoming the first woman in her wider family to graduate with a first.
Daveena shares her perspective on the importance of role models, particularly women in STEM, and how she’s creating community and visibility through Top Women in EV. We also hear about the mentoring and coaching that have helped her embrace her achievements, as well as her academic path to Oxford and her ongoing projects across sustainability and media.
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About Andy
I’m a business leader, coach, and the creator of the Fulfilling Performance framework—designed to help people bring more of themselves to what they do and experience greater fulfilment and performance as a result.
Over the past 25+ years, I’ve led and developed businesses including Alphabet UK, BMW Financial Services in the UK, Singapore, and New Zealand, and Tesla Financial Services UK. Alongside this, I’ve coached individuals and facilitated leadership development programmes in 17 countries across Asia, Europe, and North America.
In 2016, I founded Aquilae to support leaders and teams in the mobility sector and beyond. Through workshops, coaching, and peer mentoring, we enable high performance that’s also fulfilling—for individuals, teams, and organisations.
Learn more about Fulfilling Performance
Check out Release the Handbrake! The Fulfilling Performance Hub
Connect with Andy
LinkedIn: Andy Follows
Email: cvm@aquilae.co.uk
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Episode recorded on 20 August, 2025.