David Zabawa, a senior Capital Bank Motor executive and one of the best known characters in the motor finance industry, has died in a road accident in Cheshire. Mr Zabawa, who was 34, was riding an Aprilla motorcycle which was in a collision with a car.

He was a director of Finax, Capital Bank Motor's sub-prime finance division, and was instrumental in the creation of Forthright Motorcycle Finance.

Mr Zabawa had previously been a director of Forthright Finance, Capital's independent used car division. (December 13, 2001)