Pendragon Vehicle Management (PVM) has welcomed former Honda UK fleet sales operations manager Marc Samuel as its new director of B2B.

Samuel, who held his role at Honda UK for two years, will be responsible for the direct sales activities of new business, product development and existing customers at the corporate division of the AM100’s third-placed retail group.

Neal Francis, divisional managing director at Pendragon Vehicle Management, said: “We are delighted to welcome Marc to our leadership team at PVM.

“He will add further depth to the strength of our team, which will help us to continue to grow our business in the B2B sector and support our customers across the UK.”

Samuel has more than 20 years’ experience of working across various elements of the fleet and financing industry, including time as an account director at Manheim and Volkswagen UK’s fleet sales director.

Commenting on his move, he said: “I’m excited to join the team at Pendragon Vehicle Management having worked with them on a number of joint customers in recent years.

“It’s an exciting time for PVM and I’m looking forward to working with an enthusiastic and passionate team that always puts customers at the heart of what it does.”