John French has returned to Skoda UK taking on the role of head of sales operations.

French previously worked for Skoda UK’s planning team before spending three years working in China as regional sales and marketing strategy manager for Volkswagen.

French replaces Martin Barrow-Starkey who is moving to become head of retailer learning services at Volkswagen Group UK.

French said: “We passed a million sales globally last year and in the UK we have clear ambitions to continue our growth.

“I look forward to working with the wider Skoda team and a fantastic retailer network in order to realise these ambitions.”