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Paul Willis returns to UK as Volkswagen Group MD

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23 December 2013

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Paul Willis returns to the UK from China. He’ll replace Paul Willcox who’s been in post for just 3 months

PAUL Willis is to replace Paul Willcox as the Managing Director of Volkswagen Group UK from February 2014. Willis leaves his role as Chief Operating Officer, Sales and Marketing for Skoda China, where he has been since June 2011. 

The news comes just three months after Paul Willcox was appointed MD of Volkswagen Group, having joined the company from Nissan, where he was Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing for Europe. It’s now widely rumoured that Willcox – who leaves Volkswagen with immediate effect – will return to Nissan.

Commenting on this new appointment, Willis – who himself is a former Managing Director of Volkswagen Group Ireland – said:

“I’m delighted to be returning to the Volkswagen Group in the UK. The Group is going from strength to strength and now holds close to a 20% share of the UK market.”

Volkswagen is a firm favourite within the lease and contract car sector, with models like the Golf BlueMotion – the most efficient Golf in history – making it a top company car choice. The Golf BlueMotion produces a staggeringly low 85g/km CO2, resulting in a 13% tax banding and a P11D value of £20,280.

For a 20% taxpayer, that equates to just £43.92 per month.

The new appointment comes off the back of news that globally, the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand delivered 4.88 million vehicles from January to October this year, up 3.4%.

Much of this has been put down to the success of the new MK7 Golf, although European sales actually fell 5.3% to 1.37 million.

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Matt Morton

Matt Morton

Matt Morton is an automotive content writer for Business Car Manager

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