Paul Bennett, former director of international business development at Cap HPI, has joined Autofutura as its director of business development.

Southampton-based Autofutura is a supplier of data services and systems to the automotive leasing and finance sectors.

The company has also appointed David Oliver as its director of digital design and marketing. He joins Autofutura’s senior management team from Novus Digital, a company he founded and directed.

The appointments coincide with the launch of Autofutura’s new Portfolio 3 Sixty B2C web-based sales platform.

Kim Sandom, Autofutura chief executive, said the new appointments will help with the company’s aspirations to drive growth for its products in the franchised dealer, car manufacturer, finance and consumer sectors.