Vertu Motors plc announced the appointment of Tim Tozer as group operations director with a place on the group's main operational board. The company is strengthening its management structure with the creation of a new division within the Group. It will be headed by Tim Tozer, former Chairman of Vauxhall Motors in the UK, who has previously held senior roles with Mazda and Mitsubishi ad in retail with Inchcape and Autobink in Europe. Rob Keenan becomes Sales Director and Ian Anderson will be Aftersales Director. Martin Welch will become Finance Director.

The new division will incorporate the group's Hyundai, Fiat Group, Mazda and Peugeot outlets with the potential for further franchises that are new to the Group to be added in due course.