Northgate Vehicle Hire has announced four new promotions in the North East and a new appointment as it welcomes a new head of accident management.

Previously head of central operations, Nora Curry has been promoted to operation manager – Customer Support Centre (CSC) at Northgate’s Darlington head office.

Campaign manager Jonathan Pearce has been promoted to marketing manager and former head of fleet management Colin Wilson is now commercial manager Non Rental in Gateshead.

Steve Granger has also been appointed as head of accident management for Northgate Vehicle Hire and Fleet Technique.

His appointment follows six and a half years with BT Fleet as operations manger and more than 16 years with AXA Insurance, where he held various assessing and management positions within the claims motor engineering team.

Granger’s role at Northgate will see him head up the operational management of the company’s team of in-house engineers, accident repair control, and recharge administrators. He will also be responsible for the operational performance of the network of external accident repairers.