Accident management company Easi-Drive has appointed Steve Turner as commercial director and Natalie Blain as finance director.

Turner was previously commercial director of MSL Vehicle Rental & MSL Legal Expenses. Blain was finance director of Financial & Legal Group. Easi-Drive has also appointed Alwin Thompson as a non-executive director.

Simon Croft has been appointed market development manager for global retail at JATO Dynamics, the automotive data intelligence provider. Croft joins from Nissan Europe.

Mark Taylor has been announced as the new centre manager at Manheim Auctions in Colchester.

It follows the promotion of Chris Cush to commercial director for Manheim’s sites in Birmingham, Bruntingthorpe, Colchester, Northampton and Wimbledon.

Parts remanufacturer and distributor AMK has promoted Simon Salloway to sales and marketing director.

Helphire Group has appointed Penny Stoolman as group commercial director. She was previously managing director of its subsidiary, Total Accident Management.

Mark Deakin has been promoted to general sales and marketing manager for 3M’s automotive aftermarket division.