The appointment is already effective and sees Ward take on responsibility for developing fleet sales via the major leasing companies, Suzuki Contract Hire and Affinity Partner business. She reports to Andrew Wale, national corporate sales & remarketing manager.

Ward joins the company from Honda UK where she held the role of leasing manager for a number of years and also brings experience at Vauxhall and Toyota in operational roles.

Ward commented: ‘I'm delighted to be joining Suzuki at such an exciting time. With the launch of the all-new SX4 S-Cross, we are now well equipped to capitalise upon the opportunities present within the fleet market in both the corporate and public sectors. The S-Cross is the trigger car to help us raise our profile and grow our fleet presence and the first in a fleet appropriate line-up of cars due for launch over the next five years.’