Ian Plummer has been announced as Volkswagen Passenger Cars UK's new head of retail operations, a month after quitting a similar role at Renault UK.
Plummer will take up his new role at the company’s UK headquarters in Milton Keynes on 1 February 2012, and fills a vacancy created by Alex Smith's recent move to become director of Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
At Renault, where he had worked for the past 15 years, Plummer had held a wide range of roles at both the company’s head office in Paris and in the UK.
He has a strong retail background having been managing director of Renault Retail Group UK before becoming the director of commercial operations for Renault UK.
He said: "I am thrilled to be joining a brand with such a huge pedigree as well as ambition, and at what is a very exciting time given the pending arrival of a number of new products including the Up. I’m looking forward to playing a strong part in Volkswagen’s continuing success."
As editor, Tim is responsible for the media content, planning and production of AM's multiple channels (AM print and digital magazines, website, social media and contributing to our events planning). He interviews and writes about as many franchised dealer groups and UK divisions of motor manufacturers as possible, to explore the issues facing UK motor retail and understand what solutions dealers and suppliers are using to overcome these.
Irishboy4 - 01/02/2012 04:49
Great news, Ian is an acomplished manager with extensive experience in the automotive industry. as an aside his french is fluent and without accent!