Sir Trevor Chinn is to join the board of contract hire provider and salary sacrifice car scheme market leader, Tusker, as non-executive chairman.

Chinn has extensive experience in the motor industry beginning with Lex Service plc where he became Chairman in 1973 until his retirement in 2003, when the company earned profits of £85million.

Chinn said: “This is an exciting time as Tusker are currently experiencing plenty of growth momentum. I strongly believe that they are at the forefront of new technological and service development within the fleet and salary sacrifice car markets and I look forward to helping them further develop their growth strategy.“

Tusker managing director David Hosking said: “We are delighted that Sir Trevor Chinn has joined our board as non-executive chairman, bringing an unparalleled wealth of knowledge and experience of both the UK fleet sector and the motor industry, as we take the company forward.”