NEW COUNTRY MANAGER AT ALFA ROMEO UK

Andrew Lester has just been appointed Country Manager of Alfa Romeo in the United Kingdom. He replaces Glyn Owen, who is leaving the company.

Mr Lester, 47, has been Group Sales Director of AutoLogic Holdings plc, Europe’s largest independent finished vehicle logistics supplier, which provides a full range of logistics services to the automotive industry.

With almost 25 years’ experience in the global automotive industry, Mr Lester spent the first nine years of his career in the service and parts side of the business, and more than 15 years closely involved with large car sales and marketing at Ford Motor Company and Jaguar. He has held a wide variety of sales and marketing positions, in both Europe and North America, and was director of Jaguar’s UK Operations from 1996 to 2002.

Mr Lester, who holds a degree in Business Studies from Coventry University, and has studied Marketing at INSEAD, France, and Strategic Marketing at Duke University, USA, is married with two children. He takes up his new appointment next month.

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For further information please contact:

FIONA BASHFORD PR Manager, Alfa Romeo (UK)
Tel: 01753 511431 Fax: 01753 516871
e-mail: fiona.bashford@fiat.com

or PETER NEWTON Public Relations Director, Alfa Romeo (UK)
Tel: 01753 511431 Fax: 01753 516871
e-mail: peter.newton@fiat.com

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