Ed Hummel has been appointed as corporate operations manager at Honda.

Hummel takes over from Graham Avent, who left the company at Christmas, and will officially start his new role on March 28.

He moves from Volkswagen where he has worked since 2004 and has been the national leasing manager for the past three years.

Avent's departure had already seen Oliver Parsons move from national corporate sales manager to national leasing and SMR manager, with Gail Chambers replacing him.