LeasePlan UK has announced three new appointments to boost teams across the business.

Rachel Hawthorne joins the business as head of marketing; Neill Emmet joins as digital marketing manager; and Oliver Boots has moved internally to become brand director at Automotive Leasing.

Hawthorne joins from Experian Consumer Services, and will take responsibility for LeasePlan UK’s marketing activity. She brings a wealth of digital marketing and leadership experience from her time within the financial services and insurance industries and will report into Lesley Slater, business development director.

Emmett joins the digital marketing team from Fidelity Worldwide Investment and reports to Hawthorne. He is a proactive online marketer with over 16 years’ experience of delivering marketing campaigns within the professional and financial services industries.

Boots has been appointed as brand director at Automotive Leasing, LeasePlan’s specialist public sector division, from his current role as head of product services within the business development division.

Previously, Boots held the role of general manager supplier management within the operations division at LeasePlan UK. He will report directly to the commercial director, Jo Elms.

Matthew Dyer, managing director at LeasePlan UK, said: "I’m delighted to welcome Rachel, Neil and Oliver to their new roles at LeasePlan UK.

“They all bring a huge amount of experience to the team, and I’m positive that their expertise will only further strengthen the LeasePlan brand and the industry-leading experience our customers receive.

“We’ve seen strong growth in 2015, and I am confident that Rachel, Neill and Oliver will all do much to ensure that this positive progress continues to grow, both this year and beyond.”