Ford of Britain is to appoint Steve Clary as its new commercial vehicles director from March 1.

He succeeds Steve Kimber who is appointed to the position of managing director, Ford component sales in Ford of Europe's customer service division.

Clary was the rental, remarketing and direct sales manager, Ford of Britain, from 2005 and went on to become district manager, for the north.

Prior to his new appointment he was district manager for the west of Britain, where he was responsible for the car sales activities of the 158 dealers in the region.