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Meet the Team

MR Tuning boasts an incredibly talented and experienced team of people who make us one of the most respected and well known performance tuning workshops in Australia.

Adrian Furness

Originally from New Zealand Adrian is a qualified mechanic and auto electrician and has diverse mechanical and motorsport experience including V8 Supercars, Porsche Carrera Cup and Endurance racing.

After working for the company since 2016 as workshop Foreman Adrian took over ownership and management in 2023. With the diverse range of vehicles MR Tuning caters for he looks forward to pushing to continue learning and developing to improve the overall performance of the team.

Adrian will typically be the first point of contact for clients and enjoys time away from the desk keeping a hands-on role on the workshop floor.

Daniel Lawler

A proud Aussie, Daniel has always had a keen interest in all things automotive and grew up tinkering with anything that had wheels or an engine.

He completed his apprenticeship with Holden and has experience in European and performance car workshops and will be very much at home at MRT as part of our professional team completing a variety of repairs on a wide range of vehicles.

Daniel is particularly interested in engine building, ECU and dyno-tuning, and is excited about his future with the company.

Riley Conroy

Riley is very passionate about the automotive and motorsport industries. Riley is a keen kart racer and coming from a farming family Riley has always had a very keen interest in anything mechanical.

He started his apprenticeship with Toyota but moved to the MR Group to expand his knowledge in the automotive and motorsport industries.

Riley interested is car chassis tuning, design and engine building and is excited to see what his career has in store for him in the MR Tuning team.

Ryan Semionov

Born into a family passionate about cars, motorsport and all things fast it was only a matter of time before Ryan caught the high octane bug.

His keen passion to pursue a mechanical apprenticeship was sparked from pulling things apart and seeing how they work to helping out in the family workshop.

Ryan started a school based apprenticeship and is now in his 2nd year with MR Tuning. He is excited about completing his apprenticeship and honing his skills to join our performance engine tuning team in the future.

Andy McElrea

Andy is the Managing Director of McElrea Holdings Group of companies. He is a qualified automotive engineer and accomplished race car driver in his own right with multiple racing titles to his name and has worked for race teams in NZ, England, Europe and America.

After completing his apprenticeship in New Zealand Andy moved into car sales working his way up to 'Sales Manager' at a local dealership in Christchurch.

In 1994 he moved to Auckland as the National Sales and Marketing Manager of NZ 'Autocar' magazine before moving to California where he worked for 6 years as the manager of a highly specialized division for a leading automotive tuning company Stillen.