CAPITAS VEHICLE
FINANCE

Gary Dawkins, former
sales manager at Fortis Lease, will lead asset finance broker
Capitas Finance’s new vehicle financing subsidiary, Capitas Vehicle
Finance Ltd (CVF), taking a shareholding in the business in the
process.
Having developed experience of funding prestige vehicles at Fortis,
Hawkins will develop CVF’s offering to dealers looking to finance
cars for high net worth customers.
“It’s the end of the market where there remains a real need for the
expertise and flexibility a broker can offer,” Hawkins said.
He added that CVF will look to offer variable rate deals through
dealers, and will use more than one of Capitas Finance’s asset
finance lenders for credit.
Capitas Finance managing director Jeremy Hartill said: “Gary brings
22 years of experience, a proven track record and established
market reputation. Our new subsidiary provides both commercial and
high net worth consumer funding and Gary will specialise in retail
paper funding.”
Co-director Simon Brook added: “We expect Gary to enhance the
Capitas team immediately and further improve our competitive
position in the automotive finance marketplace. We envisage he will
provide a major impetus to our UK growth plans.”
Those plans include the recent signing by CVF of an agreement to
provide £2.5m of retail funding to a top 14 UK dealer this
year.

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CITROËN

Scott Michael has
been appointed as Citroën’s commercial vehicle operations manager,
reporting to Martin Hamill, head of commercial vehicles and
business sector. Michael replaces Robert Handyside
who has been promoted within Citroën to the Paris-based position of
B2B development manager. Michael takes up his new role after three
years as Citroën’s commercial vehicle sales manager.
Chris Jones has been appointed to Michael’s former position of
commercial vehicle sales manager.

 

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CITROËN NATIONAL DEALER
COUNCIL

Tom Lander,
operations director of the Yeomans Group, has been elected as the
new chairman of Citroën’s National Dealer Council, a key liaison
role between Citroën UK and its dealer network.
Lander was appointed after seven years’ service as
vice-chairman.
With more than 21 years’ experience in the Citroën franchise, he
will continue to spearhead all matters involving the network,
including new model launches and improving customer service and
satisfaction levels.

 

Photo of Jon Ireland, Motor Commerce LtdMOTOR COMMERCE
LTD

Jon Ireland has
joined Motor Commerce Ltd, a digital services business to the
automotive industry, from Front Line Solutions, as its business
development manager.
Ireland will offer Motor Commerce’s products to all retailers, from
major dealer groups to single-site independents, including its
suite of electronic training courses, and its service and MOT
reminder systems.