Volkswagen Financial Services UK (VWFS) has confirmed the appointment of Dan James and Matt Solven to its board of directors.

James will join VWFS as marketing director and chief digital officer. He joined the business in 2007, holding various commercial roles in the business. During his time at the firm, he has delivered a number of key initiatives, including the successful transition to the commercial product team approach.

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In his new role, James will be responsible for managing the overall customer proposition and marketing approach, ensuring that digital transformation has a critical focus at board level.

Solven will join the board as risk and controlling director, where he will oversee an enterprise-wide view of VWFS profitability and planning, resulting in greater efficiency and the streamlining of previously complex processes.

Solven started his career at VWFS as an undergraduate during his year in industry whilst studying for his Accounting and Finance degree. On graduating, Matt returned to VWFS in 2005 and since then he has held various posts, including a three-year foreign assignment as Audi international brand manager and UK sales manager role based in the Audi factory in Ingolstadt. Matt returned to the UK in 2015 to take up a brand management role before becoming business performance director in 2020.

Mike Todd, chief executive at VWFS, said: “I’m thrilled to be welcoming Dan and Matt to the board of management and I believe their appointment is a perfect endorsement of the way that our business develops talent and showcases the opportunity for people to progress within the organisation.

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“I’m really looking forward to working more closely with both colleagues as we continue our journey towards becoming a trend-setting digital operation that puts the customer at the heart of everything we do.”

James added: “Having been with the business since 2007, I’ve seen the company grow and evolve into the leading finance provider that we are today and I’m very positive about the road ahead for VWFS. This is a really proud moment for me personally, but it’s also a very exciting time to be a part of this business as we develop our people, products and digital capability so that we can continue to put our customers at the heart of our business and achieve our ambitious goals.”

Solven said: “VWFS is brimming with so many talented people and I feel very lucky to have worked with lots of innovative, forward-thinking colleagues over the years. I can’t wait to get started with the next step of my VWFS journey as we start to establish ourselves as a business with a truly digital presence and I’m in no doubt that together we will achieve our strategic goals as a business.”