UAN, the commercial vehicle aftermarket buying group, has appointed Rod Edwards as its new CV business development manager.

Edwards is tasked with growing the number of UAN CV distributors, which currently stands at 14, and also ensuring close working relationships between group distributors and suppliers.

Andrew Dickinson, UAN managing director, said: “Edwards is a key addition to UAN and has a great understanding of the marketplace and also that of buying groups.

“I said at the start of 2006 that UAN CV was striving to become the only bona-fide buying group within the CV aftermarket and now with the appointment of Edwards, we have taken another step forward towards achieving our goal.”