Subaru UK has made a trio of leadership appointments in a bid to drive forward its recovery from its registrations slump in a COVID-hit 2020 trading period.
Evolution Funding has appointed Lloyds Banking Group’s Katie Hayes to the board as its first chief operating officer in what was described as a “crucial step” towards achieving its strategic goals.
Motorway has set its sights on “further massive opportunity” in the automotive retail sector after achieving ‘unicorn’ status with a $1 billion (£750m) valuation.
Nissan GB has appointed Csaba Vincze as fleet director as it targets “leadership in electrification” with the launch of its new Ariya EV crossover and fully electric Townstar compact van.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has named Stellantis senior vice-president and UK country manager Alison Jones as its 82nd president.
Vertu Motors has appointed Darren Binge as head of business and Stuart Porter as service manager at its Harrogate Volkswagen dealership.
Former Mazepoint and ASE director Tracey Ellam is looking forward to putting her “experience in business intelligence” to good use at LSH Auto UK after joining the car retail group as operations director.
The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has announced the appointment of Rebecca McNeil as the new chair of the association, with effect from November 30.
Motorvise has appointed former Rhino Design events manager Neil Carruthers as its own account manager for automotive sales events as it kicks starts a new period of growth.
Digital automotive retail finance specialist iVendi has continued its recruitment of C-suite executives with the appointment of former Cox Automotive Europe board member Darren Sinclair.
Pendragon has appointed former DFS chief executive Ian Filby as non-executive chairman as it sets out to deliver on its new, digitally-driven strategic priorities.
Former Chrysalis-Solmotive co-owner Paul Bennett has joined iVendi as senior vice president for international business and banking alliances as part of a plan to triple revenues within three years.
Fast-growing MG Motor UK has promoted national fleet sales manager Geraint Isaac to the newly-created role of head of fleet as it looks to “really grow its presence in the fleet market”.
Cazoo has appointed former eBay and mobile.de executive Abhishek Roy as its European managing director ahead of its planned expansion into France and Germany.
Former Keyloop and CDK managing director Stuart Miles has joined Cox Automotive as managing director of its Retail Solutions business.
Skoda UK brand director Rod McLeod is set to join Volkswagen UK as brand director as Andrew Savvas heads to the US to take up a newly-created senior role for the North American region.
Snows Motor Group has underlined its status as one of the South Coast's largest family businesses with the promotion of Katie Snow to the role of development director.
Stellantis head of Americas Mike Manley is set to replace long-standing AutoNation chief executive Mike Jackson as chief executive of the US car retail group.
Automotive motor factor The Parts Alliance has appointed “passionate business leader” Mark Eburne as its new president and chief operations officer.
Lookers has vowed to repay £4.1 million in Government furlough support after reporting record H1 financial results and completing the appointment of a new chairman and chief financial officer.
