Senior Appointments

15th Jan 2008 10:46

Autoclenz Holdings PLC15 January 2008 Issued by Citigate Dewe Rogerson Ltd, Birmingham Date: Tuesday, 15 January 2008 Autoclenz Holdings Plc The UK's leading outsourced car valeting and vehicle preparation provider Senior Appointments To Drive Autoclenz's Sales Forward As part of future development of the Group, and to further underpin the growthof the business, Autoclenz ("Autoclenz," "the Company" or the "Group") hascapitalised on the vast know-how of its specialist sales team with the promotionof two of its senior managers, who collectively boast over 20 years of top levelunderstanding of the automotive industry. The Board is delighted to promote Martin Peters and Peter Degg into the roles ofHead of Sales and National Group Sales Manager respectively. Martin Peters has been promoted from his previous role with Autoclenz asDivisional Manager for the South West. Martin has been with the Company since1997, previously having worked for the Bank of Scotland's Motor Finance divisionand Sewells International. Martin's new role gives him overall responsibility for generating new salesgrowth for the Group's valeting brand and for AC SMART. Martin will be supportedby a team of six sales managers. Peter Degg's appointment as National Group Sales Manager marks a naturalprogression after seven years with Autoclenz, where he has been BusinessDevelopment Manager for Autoclenz and AC SMART. Before joining Autoclenz, Peterran his own upholstery business. Peter's role is to attract contracts from volume businesses, identify and followup major motor group business leads and identify new areas of business thatAutoclenz wishes to capitalise on. Peter will be amongst those reporting intoMartin. Grahame Rummery, Group Chief Executive, said: "We are delighted to benefit fromMartin and Peter's extensive knowledge of both Autoclenz and the motor industrysector. "Martin as Head of Sales provides the sales function with a more defined linemanagement structure that will assist the Group going forward. "Peter will further bolster the Group as National Group Sales Manager, givingAutoclenz the opportunity to proactively identify additional major contractsthat will keep us at the forefront of the car valeting and preparationindustry." Enquiries:Grahame Rummery, Chief ExecutiveTrevor Clingo, Group Finance Fiona Tooley or Keith Julian BluntDirector GabrielAutoclenz Holdings Plc Citigate Dewe Rogerson KBC Peel HuntTel: 08707 510 410 Tel: 0121 455 8370 Tel: 020 7418 8900www.autoclenz.co.uk Mobile: 07770 788624 (KG)--------------------- Notes to Editors: Founded in the 1960s, Autoclenz is widely recognised as the leading name in carvaleting and vehicle preparation in the UK. The Company provides the completepackage for the total valeting operation that includes labour, chemicals,equipment, materials, management and quality control systems that are requiredto achieve quality vehicle preparation. A commitment to a high quality, costeffective service has made Autoclenz a key partner to many of the best knownnames in the fleet, daily rental, auction and dealer network across the country.Key customers to Autoclenz include Helphire, Premier First, AVIS, BCA and majorautomotive groups. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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