Autocar: Charles Morgan Sacked For "Misconduct" – Will Appeal to Family Members At Hearing On Friday

Ronnie Schreiber
by Ronnie Schreiber

The British publication Autocar says that it has seen a document from Morgan Motors that says that Charles Morgan, grandson of the founder of the company, was fired for four instances of misconduct. The authenticity of the document has been questioned, but if it is authentic, it verifies that Morgan’s firing is at least partially the result of a dispute with family members.

The document says that Morgan was discharged after a disciplinary meeting concluded that he continued to pose as chairman of the company after being demoted to strategy director last February, that he provided support to the Oak Racing team and to the 2012 Morgan LMP2 car at Le Mans and in the LMP series without approval from the board, that he told a group of Morgan owners that an improved version of the 3 Wheeler would be launched, and that he took payments from outside parties without approval for talks about his time working for the ITN network as a cameraman in Iran and Afghanistan. Last year Charles Morgan had been paid to attend a business conference in Iran and came back discussing the possibility of selling Morgans in that country. It’s not clear if the payment for attending the Tehran conference was a factor in his dismissal.

According to Autocar, the decision to sack Morgan was made by the board of directors of Morgan Technologies: Steven Morris (Morgan’s managing Director), Timothy Whitworth (Morgan’s finance director), Gillian Price (Charles’ sister), David Price (Charles’ brother-in-law), Laurence Price (Charles’ nephew), Craig Hamilton Smith (Charles’ nephew), Jackie Pertwee (Charles’ niece) and Andrew Duncan (the Morgan family attorney). Morgan Motor Company and the related companies of Aero Racing Ltd and Morgan 3 Wheeler Ltd are wholly owned divisions of Morgan Technologies, which was incorporated in late 2010.

Charles Morgan has said that he will appeal his dismissal and has denied the the accusations of misconduct. Autocar reports that appeal will be heard this Friday by a panel of family members Price, Pertwee and Hamilton Smith.

Through a spokesman Morgan Motor Company declined comment.

Ironically, in 2009, Charles Morgan published an essay about families, specifically thanking his sister Jill.

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  • Haroldingpatrick Haroldingpatrick on Oct 24, 2013

    So, he's acting like his name is on the building - which it is. It is important to a lot of folks that there is still a Mr. Morgan, Mr. Ford, Mr. Toyoda, Mr. Steinway, Mr. Martin, etc. Their real job is being Mr. ( ), not what their business card says.

  • Lorenzo Lorenzo on Oct 25, 2013

    If he was demoted from chairman last February, who was/is the chairman? Where is the top authority? No company can survive when every decision needs board approval. I'm sure there are family stresses and egos involved, but I suspect it's mostly about money. With a family-owned private company, facts are, and are going to be scarce.

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