Major European automotive warranty, insurance, financial services and roadside assistance firm Opteven, is on the move in the UK, where it recently took over the WMS Group and has now appointed a new CEO for the UK and Ireland.
The new boss is Ludovic Troyes, who joins Opteven from Renault Group, bringing with him more than 30 years of automotive experience in sales and marketing roles, including global sales performance director and most recently, managing director of Renault Retail Group in the UK.
“I’m joining Opteven at an exciting time where the UK division shows so much growth potential and has the valuable backing of an internationally established Group,” said Troyes. “We already have a foothold in both the retail and corporate sectors and will look to continue to build upon these successes and further our growth.”
Martin Quail, chief executive officer international, said, “We’re thrilled to have Ludovic join Opteven and look forward to this next phase of growth. We have already had great success in the UK, but we still have key objectives to achieve. Craig Grant has done a good job for us as UK managing director over the last couple of years, for which we are very grateful. However, we always knew there would be a ‘next phase of growth’, and Craig only wanted to hold the baton until that point. Looking ahead, we will continue our strategy in the UK to improve and modernise the suite of products on offer within the UK market.
“We consider ourselves as very different to the traditional operators within the UK, as evidenced by the fact many of our employees are also shareholders. We view ourselves very much as ‘One Team’.”