Long serving Fiat exec Gerry Clarke has replaced Kevin Henderson as commercial-vehicle boss for the Italian firm’s UK operation.

Clarke has spent almost 21 years with Fiat worldwide and until recently was responsible for export sales and the managing of 65 global importers.

Clarke is relishing the challenge ahead: “With Europe’s youngest product line-up to offer our customers, this is exactly the right moment to raise our game. This will be done through both a programme of professional network development in which we aim to be at the forefront of service provision to our customers, and of the ongoing development of professional salesmen, both at direct and dealer sales level.”