Pendragon Vehicle Management (PVM) has appointed former Honda UK fleet sales operations manager Marc Samuel as its director of B2B.

In his new role, Samuel, who held his role at Honda UK for two years before leaving, will be responsible for the direct sales activities of new business, product development and existing customers.

Neal Francis, divisional managing director at Pendragon Vehicle Management, said: “We are delighted to welcome Marc to our leadership team at PVM.

“He will add further depth to the strength of our team, which will help us to continue to grow our business in the B2B sector and support our customers across the UK.”

Samuel, who has more than 20 years’ experience of working across various elements of the fleet and financing industry, added: “I’m excited to join the team at Pendragon Vehicle Management having worked with them on a number of joint customers in recent years.

“It’s an exciting time for PVM and I’m looking forward to working with an enthusiastic and passionate team that always puts customers at the heart of what it does”.

PVM is the corporate division of the UK’s leading automotive group, Pendragon PLC.

It operates across a wide variety of business sectors, with services including contract hire and daily and flexi-rental.