HPI has appointed James Edwards as its new sales operations manager.

Edwards has 14 years of finance and insurance experience and HPI says he will play a key role in bringing its Finance Gateway product to dealers.

Finance Gateway is an online quoting system which dealers can use to work out how much particular vehicles will cost a customer in monthly repayments.

Prior to HPI, Edwards played a key role in the development of finance and insurance solutions for the Sytner dealer network.

This included driving forward the group’s F&I financial performance for brands such as Mercedes Benz, Chrysler Jeep, Toyota, Porsche, Bentley and Ferrari, as well as managing the operational relationship with their respective finance arms.