Riddick will run the company’s existing three sites in Tolworth, Epsom and Croydon, and will support the planned accelerated growth of the business in 2013 and beyond.

With 25 years’ experience in the vehicle hire industry, Riddick joins the business from his current role as a regional operations manager at Northgate Vehicle Limited, where he has been responsible for a fleet of 12,000 vehicles across the South East, with 140 staff.

He has previously worked as regional operations manager at Europcar and as reservations and sales office manager at Sixt Rent a Car, as well as roles at Eurodollar and Budget.

Nigel Schroder, managing director at trg, commented: ‘The amount of experience that Stuart brings is vast, and I believe will really help to accelerate our planned growth.

‘It is a real coup to have someone with such industry knowledge and we look forward to working closely with him, and growing the business – initially across South West London and then throughout the entire London and M25 region.’