Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has appointed Matthew Bowden as head of operations responsible for new and used vehicle sales and managing the development of the Volkswagen Van Centre network.

Bowden will transfer from his role as national fleet sales manager for Volkswagen passenger cars.

He joined Volkswagen Financial Services in 1995, moved to passenger cars in 1999 as fleet operations manager and in 2004 undertook a three-year assignment with Shanghai Volkswagen.