Edmund King OBE

President - Automobile Association

Edmund King is President of the Automobile Association and Director of the AA Charitable Trust for Road Safety and the Environment.

He has written several reports on transport and often appears as a transport commentator on radio, television, and podcasts.

He was awarded an OBE for ‘services to road safety’ in 2016.

In 2020 he was inducted into the PRWeek ‘Hall of Fame’ and with his team won the PRWeek Best Public Affairs Campaign and PRCA Best Automotive Campaign for their work on ‘smart’ motorways.

He is a keen advocate of all forms of mobility and often talks about cars, vans, cycles and electric vehicles.