Volkswagen has named Michael O'Shea as its new fleet sales manager.

He replaces Matthew Bowden, who has moved over to Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.

O'Shea is currently product marketing manager for small cars at Volkswagen, although he has a fleet background having working within Nissan's fleet team in the late 1990s.

He said: "In product marketing we concentrate on Volkswagen's strong products - in fleet I'll also get tyo experience the people who sell these cars on to our business customers."