LDV has appointed its first aftermarket business director, Simon Wood, who joins the company from Menard Engineering, where he was finance director.

Wood is also a former financial controller of Unipart International. He will be responsible for sales and marketing of LDV's VANfit parts range and for LDV Genuine Parts, and for technical service, including training. LDV is now working on establishing production lines for its new vehicle range, acquired from former joint venture project partner Daewoo, following the arrangement of fresh finance by a venture capital consortium at the end of last year.