Steve Catlin (pictured) has been appointed to the role of head of group fleet services at Volkswagen Group UK, taking over from Vincent Kinner who retired at the end of March.

Catlin will take up the position on July 13 He joins the Volkswagen Group from Vauxhall, where he was retail sales director for three years. 

Catlin will report to Alistair Shields, group commercial director for the Volkswagen Group.

Shields said: “Group Fleet Services was set up around two years ago and, under Vincent’s ownership, a new structure and group fleet contact centre have been established.

“The work he has done puts us in a strong position to provide a high level of service to fleet customers and to maximise efficiency across the five Group brands – Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Audi, Seat and Skoda.”

In 2014, the Volkswagen Group broke the half a million sales barrier for the first time. More than 540,000 group vehicles were sold, more than half of which were fleet sales.