AVIS UK has named Stuart Gent as its new managing director.

He takes over the role from Michael White, who left the company last year. Gent’s most recent role was as a partner at management consultants Bains & Company.

A spokesman said: ‘He brings a wealth of experience from the leisure, retail and automotive sectors, having worked with multi-national clients across a broad spectrum of business issues, including strategy development, growth, organisation design and operational improvement.’