Pendragon has appointed Richard Laxer as an independent non-executive director as Jeremy King departs the board to “pursue other interests”.
Lisa Brankin will replace Kevin Griffin as sales director for Ford of Britain at the beginning of 2019.
Volkswagen Group UK managing director Paul Willis has said that his decision to leave his post with the German car manufacturer was unrelated to the pressures of the dieselgate emissions scandal.
Pendragon announced that Tim Holden will be standing down as finance director in March 2019 and has appointed Mark Willis as his successor.
Vauxhall has made two senior appointments in its fleet department.
Toyota GB has appointed Stuart Ferma as its fleet operations general manager for the Toyota and Lexus brands.
Groupe Renault has appointed Olivier Murguet as the executive vice-president of its new sales and regions division.
LeasePlan announced the appointment of LeasePlan UK’s current managing director Matt Dyer as president and chief executive officer of LeasePlan USA amid changes at the top of its business.
Marshall Motor Holdings announced the appointment of Richard Blumberger as chief financial officer - replacing Mark Raban in 2019.
Aston Barclay announced the appointment of former Inchcape UK used car director, Cliff Deller to the position of group remarketing director.
Bristol Street Motors is welcoming two new recruits to its Seat dealership in Birmingham, including the site’s first Motability sales executive.
Ben has appointed Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) chief executive Steve Nash as the new chair of its board of trustees amid changes to the charity’s leadership team.
AutoVHC has recruited three new team members to oversee its expansion as part of Snap-on Business Solutions.
Former Olympian Rachel Clift has joined Ben as the automotive sector charity’s health and wellbeing director.
MG Motor UK has “strengthened its sales and marketing team” with the appointment of Matthew Stevens to the role of product and planning manager.
City Auction Group has appointed Emma Woodward as the new business development manager at Rockingham as the business looks to develop new vendors for its dual lane facilities in 2019.
Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VFSUK) has appointed former chief commercial officer Mike Todd as its new chief executive officer, succeeding David Maloney.
Aston Barclay has seen a senior team reshuffle as Adrian Dunbar moves to the newly created role of group governance manager.
MotorVise has welcomed Sherwood Vauxhall’s former group used car manager, Andy Drinkel, as head of dealer sales.
Peugeot has appointed Martin Moll as its new marketing director, replacing Mark Pickles who joins Free2Lease as commercial director.
