Ashley Andrew has been appointed managing director of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK, taking up the new role immediately.

Andrew (45) was most recently head of marketing, Skoda UK, overseeing product, communications, digital and media.

Before that he was head of operations at Seat UK, and has also held positions at Rolls-Royce, BMW, MINI and Ford.

He has a BA Hons in business and economics from Sheffield University and an executive MBA with distinction from Warwick University.

Andrew (pictured) takes over from Steve Zanlunghi who is leaving the UK after four years in charge to head up FCA’s Australian operations.

“Steve has left the company in an excellent condition. I intend to build on the good work that the team here has done.”