Luca de Meo, new Chairman of the Executive Committee of Seat, S.A.

Luca de Meo (Milan, 1967), currently Executive Vice-President of Sales and Marketing at Audi AG has been appointed as new Chairman of the Executive Committee of Seat, S.A. He will be replacing Jurgen Stackmann (1961), appointed to the position of Vice-President of

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Leadership transition at Rolls-Royce Motor Cars North America

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced that President (North America), Eric Shepherd, has decided to move to a new entrepreneurial role in the super-luxury automotive retail sector within the Rolls-Royce family.

"Eric's move is a big loss to our successful business

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Matthias Muller appointed CEO of the Volkswagen Group

Matthias Muller (62) has been appointed CEO of Volkswagen AG with immediate effect. This was decided by the Supervisory Board at its meeting in Wolfsburg. Muller is currently Chairman of Porsche AG in Stuttgart. He will continue in this function until a successor

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Changes in Skoda Board of Management

After five successful years of its growth and model campaign, Skoda will now see some changes at the top. On November 1, 2015, Bernhard Maier (55), current Board Member for Sales and Marketing at Porsche AG, will become the brand's new CEO. At the same time, the

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Rory Harvey appointed CMD of Vauxhall Motors and CEO Opel Ireland

Rory Harvey (47) has been appointed to the position of Chairman and Managing Director of Vauxhall Motors and CEO Opel Ireland. He succeeds Tim Tozer who has decided to leave the company and pursue his career outside of General Motors.

Rory Harvey has wide

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles appoints new Country Manager of Fiat Professional brand

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK has announced the appointment of Ricky McFarland to the role of Country Manager of Fiat Professional.

Reporting into Deputy Managing Director Karl Howkins, Ricky takes over responsibility for sales and marketing activities

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Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK appoints new Country Manager of Fiat and Abarth brands

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles UK has announced the appointment of Sebastiano Fedrigo to the role of Country Manager of its Fiat and Abarth brands.

Reporting into Deputy Managing Director Karl Howkins, Sebastiano will take on market responsibility for both

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Honda (UK) announces management changes

From September 2015 Phil Webb assumes the role of Head of Cars and Leon Brannan moves to the role of Head of Franchise & Dealer Development, responsible for cars, motorcycles and power product divisions.

Phil and Leon have worked 30 years collectively

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Nissan North America announces leadership changes

Nissan announced that Dan Mohnke, currently Vice-President, Nissan Chief Marketing Manager (CMM) & Operations, will take on additional responsibility for US Sales and become Vice-President, Sales & Marketing Operations, US, effective immediately.

In addition

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Seat UK strengthens its fleet team with two new recruits

Seat UK has bolstered its fleet department with the appointment of two new members to its team.

Steven Colborne-Baber, a former Area Fleet Manager for sister brand, Volkswagen, joins as Southern Contact Hire and Leasing Manager.

Alongside Steven,

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