DEKRA Automotive Solutions has appointed former managing director of BCA Mainland Europe, Paul Bradbury, as business development director.

The used car remarketing and dealer network performance improvement specialist – part of the DEKRA Group – said in a statement that it has made the appointment as it is expecting “significant growth” in the next few years.

In this newly-created role Bradbury will work with the country managing directors and their business development teams as well as the International key account managers based in Europe.

Bradbury was previously the managing director of BCA Mainland Europe where he was responsible for 13 major European markets driving significant growth as well as product diversification and digital development.

He said: “I’m really pleased to be joining the DEKRA Group at such an exciting time in their business expansion and I look forward to working with the 15 country business development teams as we look to grow our business further”.