A Qualified Accountant with 19 years motor industry experience working at senior levels with Toyota GB and Lexus GB until taking over as MD at the Westlands Motor Retail Group in November of 2010.

General Manager UK Sales Operations @ Working with the Dealer Network to ensure Toyota (GB) Plc consistently achieves its retail sales aspirations in the UK in a profitable manner for both the Distributor and its retailers From May 2014 to Present (1 year 8 months) Managing Director @ Joined the Westlands Motor Retail Group in November of 2010 as Managing Director to develop and implement a strategic plan for expansion. Over the past 3 years the originally solus Toyota group has expanded with the exciting emerging Hyundai brand to now represent Toyota in 4 locations and Hyundai in 2 locations along the M5 corridor in the West Midlands, Worcestershire, Hereford and Gloucester Recent expansion means that Westlands now operates 4 Toyota and 2 Hyundai sites along the M5 corridor in the West Midlands and Worcestershire From November 2010 to April 2014 (3 years 6 months) Various General Manager Positions @ Having managed Regional Operations, was apppointed to oversee the restructure of the network and implement a complete new corporate identity for the Toyota brand. More latterly moved to the Lexus brand where following a period of managing national sales and after sales operations took over responsibility for the brands marketing and strategic planning in the UK. My final role with the OEM was to be responsible for Fleet and re-marketing for bothToyota and Lexus From March 2001 to October 2010 (9 years 8 months)

Mark Roden is skilled in: FCCA, Automotive, Business Planning, Automobile, Fleet Management, Vehicles, Sales, Sales Management, Management, Automotive Aftermarket, Profit, Dealers, Customer Satisfaction, Parts, Customer Retention, Sales Process, Dealer Management, B2B