• Alpine Electronics has appointed David Sheen as its new managing director for UK operations. Sheen has been with Alpine, where he started as an electrical engineer, for 15 years and most recently worked as the firm’s OEM sales and marketing director.

  • Independent Servicing has added two technicians to its team at Chandler’s Ford in Hampshire: Adam West and Paul Churchill.

  • Amanda Walker has been appointed product manager at TRW Automotive Aftermarket. The 22-year-old joined TRW in early October. In her new role she will focus on analysis and extension of TRW’s existing product range and brand forecasting for the future.

  • Jon Howcroft has joined Westover Toyota in Bournemouth as a new sales advisor while Dale Johnson is the newest recruit to the customer advice team at Westover Toyota in Salisbury. Howcroft, a former baker, is making his first move to the automotive industry. Johnson previously worked at Westover Nissan in Salisbury.

  • Mercedes-Benz of York has appointed Ashley Cooper as general sales manager. Cooper’s first job was at Pavilion Garage in Scarborough as a trainee salesman and most recently he was general sales manager at Mercedes-Benz of Scarborough. He has spent his entire career in car sales.