Nationwide Crash Repair Centres has appointed Gary Nicholls in a newly created role as operations director for its mobile division.

Nicholls was previously the vice president of retail operations for autoquake.com, the online used car retailer; he has spent nearly 15 years in the automotive sector. At autoquake.com, Nicholls was responsible for the company’s defleet and handover centres.

Nicholls said: “We have ambitious plans for the mobile division over the next three years.

“My aim over the months ahead is to ensure we have the processes and systems in place to support our growing team – and help make Nationwide the benchmark brand for mobile vehicle repair and automotive glazing in the UK.”