Appointments – 30 June
VW promote new marketing head
Mark Hopkins has been promoted to the position of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles’ Head of Marketing.
Part of the company for the last four years as Marketing Communications Manager, Mr Hopkins climbs up a rung and will assume his new department leading duties from tomorrow (1 July).
Simon Elliott, Director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, said: “Mark already has a wealth of experience and knowledge of Volkswagen vans and the commercial vehicle market, so I am delighted he has accepted this well earned promotion.”
Mark Hopkins, who replaces the recently departed David George, said: “I am extremely excited about this fantastic opportunity and am looking forward to working with the team and our Van Centre network to continue to improve the awareness and market share of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.”
New UK MD for Iveco
Iveco has set the wheels in motion for some of its strategic organisational changes, starting with the appointment of Luca Sra as the Managing Director of Iveco UK & Ireland.
After cutting his teeth during sales positions in Italy and Turkey since the late 90s, Sra will be based at Iveco’s Watford HQ.
Luca replaces Henk van Leuven who has been promoted to the newly formed role of Worldwide Network Director (Truck & Bus).
The triangle of director activity is completed by Andrea Bucci who has been promoted to General Manager of Iveco Italy, following a five year stint as Marketing Directory at Iveco UK.
Jaama appoint sales manager
Fleet software specialists Jaama have roped in major account sales manager Richard Evans to meet ever-expanding demand for their Key2 Fleet Management software.
After seven years with rival firm CFC Solutions, Richard will lead sales of the company’s Key2 products and confessed he was excited and delighted to be part of Jaama.
He said: “It is now more important than ever for fleet operators to work in partnership with well established, innovative suppliers like Jaama, in order to safeguard their business through compliance, cost saving and best practice.
“Whole life cost management, duty of care and risk mitigation have been key to effectively running a fleet for as long as I can remember. Working in partnership with customers, Jaama continues to achieve great success in providing complete fleet and risk management solutions that help address these issues.”
The appointment of Mr Evans signifies the fifth new arrival at Tamworth-based Jaama in 2011.
Jason Francis, MD of Jaama, chose Richard for his experience in the fleet management software market.
He added: “That knowledge will help Jaama win further additional business as well as to work hand-in-hand with existing customers to develop new solutions to further aid their vehicle and driver management.
“We are supplying new software systems to organisations across the public and private sectors and also developing new Key2 modules in partnership with existing clients to further help them manage vehicles and drivers.”
Tusker take on a techie
Similarly, Tusker has had to bring in extra hands to cope with the success of its salary sacrifice car solutions.
Bonnie Nguyen is the company’s new Web Developer and will be responsible for providing IT support and development to the vehicle management solutions provider’s upcoming projects.
Specifically, she will be involved in developing Fleetdesk4 – their award-winning online fleet management and quotation system.
“Tusker is a young energetic, forward looking company and I’m greatly excited by the challenges of working in the fleet market,” said Bonnie.
“Tusker products and solutions are on the cutting edge of IT development and I’m excited by some of the new developments that I know are currently being worked on.”
David Hosking, MD of Tusker, was delighted to welcome Bonnie to the Tusker team and was confident her development expertise would strengthen their products.
“Tusker has always been regarded as a technologically innovative business,” he added, “and we need to continue to employ the right calibre of knowledgeable and creative people to ensure that we maintain our USP and our lead over our competitors in the fleet market.”
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