ARVAL
Jean-Marc
Torre, who has been Arval UK’s chief executive officer for five
years, is leaving at the end of February to lead the Commercial
Banking Group at Bank of the West, part of BNP Paribas Group, which
owns Arval.
He will be replaced by Bart Beckers, chairman of the LeasePlan
companies in France.
In his previous role, Beckers successfully turned around the
company during 2005 and 2006, preparing it for renewed profitable
growth, followed by the acquisition and subsequent integration of
the French multi-brand leasing subsidiary of the Daimler
group.
Torre commented: “Bart is an extremely capable replacement and I am
sure he will deliver continued success to Arval in the
UK.”
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IGNITION
CREDIT
Motor finance
broker Ignition Credit has appointed Mike Julian as one of its
three directors. Julian recently worked with businesses in the
green energy sector and his appointment is part of Ignition
Credit’s strategy to triple in size in the next three years and
expand its south-west business nationally. Julian has extensive
experience of the car trade in Cornwall after starting out in his
family’s garage in Newquay.
He commented: “We’re independent and not restricted to a particular
brand of vehicle, so we can get all the different brands and types
of vehicles that clients need, and because of our strong supply
relationships, we can offer very competitive
deals.”
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Motor Finance has promoted Richard Atterbury to the position of key
accounts sales director, focusing specifically on franchises and
dealer groups.
Atterbury joined the company just over a year ago from Bank of
Scotland, where he was director for national accounts. He has
worked in the motor finance industry for 30
years.
BVRLA
The BVRLA
has appointed new chairmen to two of its key member committees.
Elliot Lennick becomes chairman of the BVRLA Commercial Vehicle
Committee. Lennick is chief executive officer of MAN Financial
Services, with responsibility for Northern, Eastern and Western
Europe. Alison Chadwick, director of regional operations for
Thrifty Car and Van Rental, becomes the new chairman for the Rental
Committee.
Chadwick has experience of working for both large multinationals
and smaller independent rental companies during her 20 years in the
industry.
FLEET
LOGISTICS
European
fleet management specialist, Fleet Logistics, has appointed Martin
Hill as head of its UK operations.
Hill joins from contract hire and leasing supplier Lex Autolease,
where he was latterly head of corporate customer services, having
been with the group for more than 18 years.
Hill succeeds Martyn Gallop, who assumes a wider European
implementation role, working with some of Fleet Logistics’ largest
pan-European and multinational fleet customers to help implement
fleet strategy and policies.
ING CAR
LEASE
Fleet
management company ING Car Lease has appointed Mark Cubbon as
director of sales, replacing Paul Ormerod who emigrated to
Australia last year.
Cubbon was formerly head of business development at Lex Autolease
and has more than 14 years’ experience in senior management posts
in financial services and leasing. Cubbon’s remit includes new
business development, continuing the growth in the public sector
division, and ongoing development in areas such as fleet finance
and salary sacrifice schemes.
ING Car Lease says his appointment reaffirms the company’s
commitment to UK growth at a time when many other leasing firms are
facing periods of consolidation.
CD
AUCTION GROUP
Kevin Peck
has been appointed commercial director at remarketing company CD
Auction Group.
Originally from a finance background, Peck’s last position was as
managing director for UK tyre wholesaler Viking
International.
CITROËN
Citroën has
appointed Jason King to the newly created position of manager,
whole life costs, based at Citroën UK’s Slough head office.
Reporting to Citroën UK’s fleet director Andy Wady, King will be
responsible for the brand’s relationships with key contacts in the
RV and SMR influencers.
King has worked in the automotive sector for 21 years and was
formerly EurotaxGlass’s head of market intelligence, where he
worked on residual value forecasting and interpreting automotive
market trends, assessing their impact on future demand and
values.
