Nissan‘s commercial vehicle boss Mark Lovett has left the manufacturer to join BusinessCar Award winning leasing giant Lex.

Lovett, who is understood to be on gardening leave at present before joining Lex to run its van operations.

Lex’s previous van boss Domenico Mariconda is now group head of product development.

Lovett is credited with vastly overhauling and improving Nissan’s commercial vehicle sales including setting up a clever joint venture dealer network with Volvo Trucks.