Goodyear Dunlop has appointed Juergen Titz as director of its HiQ retail business.Juergen Titz

Titz masterminded Goodyear Dunlop’s ‘4Fleet Group GmbH’ fleet business division in Germany and has also been responsible for leading Goodyear Dunlop Europe’s consumer fleet activities as well as its European Retail approaches.

Mark Brickhill, Goodyear Dunlop group managing director, said: “Juergen’s experience of fleet management and retail development across Europe will play a key role in Goodyear Dunlop’s drive to grow our own HiQ National Franchise Programme in the UK.

“The continued growth of HiQ is a core element of our vision to build strong retail and servicing partnerships across the country."

Reporting to Juergen will be a new HiQ lead team, comprising Peter Tye (franchise development manager), Farrell Dolan (commercial support manager) and Geraldine McGovern (demand creation manager).

Andy Morris, who managed the HiQ team on an interim basis, will now take up a new role leading the commercial sales team in the newly-combined truck and off-the-road business unit.