City Auction Group makes two new management appointments

City Auction Group has made two new appointments.

Graham Howes, who will lead the LCV charge and Paul Kavanagh, who joins the rostrum to work in unison with Jon Lee, the Group’s established event auctioneer.

Formerly, Commercial Director of CD Auction Group, Howes has a wealth of experience having worked with SMA, Copart and a number of OEMs. Over the last 10 years, he has worked in vehicle remarketing, in both physical and digital environments.

Kavanagh joins from BCA with over 40 years’ experience in the vehicle remarketing sector and he will work closely with manufacturers, major leasing companies and financial institutions to develop auction lane and digital sale opportunities.

Michael Tomalin, CEO of City Auction Group said: “I am delighted to be welcoming remarketing heavyweights, Graham and Paul to the UK’s largest indoor auction arena at our Peterborough venue.

“This is a big win for our new facility, in which we have invested heavily over the last few months. Our strengthened senior team will be pivotal in driving our growth strategy over the next 2-3 years.

“In recent months, we have offered more vehicles for our growing corporate fleet and finance, dealer group and LCV vendor partners than previous trading months, in a marketplace which is challenged for a consistent supply of used vehicles. We have achieved this by opening our auction lanes physically, supported by live online auctions, to ensure vehicles achieve a higher financial return than all other remarketing avenues.

“Our philosophy is working well and the introduction of new sale events specifically for dealer group part exchange vehicles and LCV will commence very soon, to support our established fleet and finance open lane auction events.

“We now have a highly experienced team at Peterborough, which is led by our Commercial Director, Maria Avery supplying the complete portfolio of logistics, defleet and remarketing solutions.”