The move sees Hardy retain his fleet responsibilities on joining the board, where he will focus on developing marketing activities across the Ogilvie Group to drive continued growth.  

Hardy, who joined Ogilvie Fleet six years ago and has been sales and marketing director for five years, is one of two new appointments to the Ogilvie Group board as part of its strategy for continued growth and development across its diverse operations portfolio. 

Also joining the group board is Alan Greig, managing director of Ogilvie Communications. He takes on specific responsibility for the development of the Ogilvie Group’s IT infrastructure. 

The new appointments follow a reorganisation in May that saw Donald MacDonald join the group board as managing director of Ogilvie Construction and his predecessor, Phil McEwan, appointed as executive chairman. 

Duncan Ogilvie, chief executive, Ogilvie Group, said: ‘These new appointments recognise the value of the fleet and communications businesses within the group and their significant success in recent years. 

‘We are focused on building from the current very solid baseline performance to grow the business across all of our operations. The further strengthening of the board adds expertise, experience and a range of knowledge that will ensure that Ogilvie Group continues to deliver high quality products and services to all of its customers.’