Michelle Prater has extensive experience in the automotive and investment sectors.
She held executive roles (both at corporate and operational levels) with Automotive Holdings Group from 1993 to 2004, including as an executive director for two years prior to AHG listing on the ASX in 2005. AHG was founded by Ms Prater’s grandfather Sydney Wheatley in 1952 and was chaired by her father Vern Wheatley until 2004. Since 2004, Ms Prater has been the executive chair of APPL Group, a property development and investment group with an extensive automotive property portfolio, including a number of significant properties in Perth which are leased to AP Eagers dealerships.