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Close Brothers Motor Finance has announced that it has promoted John Cassidy to Director of Commercial Partners, and Matt King to the newly-created role of Head of Partners.
Cassidy has worked at Close Brothers for almost 12 years, most recently as Head of Brokers and Partnerships. During his time at the company, Cassidy has led the sales and operations teams across the UK territories that the business operated in. Prior to this, he worked at HFC Bank/HSBC for 17 years.
In his new role, Cassidy will be leading the evolution of the commercial partner team, taking responsibility for strategic commercial partners, brokers & the Republic of Ireland.
King will be stepping into the new head of partners role, reporting to Cassidy, who will be overseeing the commercial partner division.
King joined the company in 2017 to lead the national sales team responsible for franchising and national broker relationships. He became head of sales transformation and capability in January 2019, where he was responsible for defining and executing a multi-million-pound sales transformation programme. This aligned key processes and tools to the business’ strategic objectives.
Sean Kemple, Managing Director at Close Brothers Motor Finance said “John and Matt have been instrumental to the success of Close Brothers Motor Finance and I am personally delighted for both of them.” Their expertise in sales, relationship management and finding new, innovative routes to market is second to none and will help us to continue delivering seamless service to our dealers and customers alike. With their experience and knowledge, both John and Matt will be crucial to the continued growth of the Sales division.”
