Elliott Woodhead appointed UK Retail Director at Arval

He added that he was excited to head up a highly capable team and was looking to “drive the increase and use of products such as Arval Re-Lease (our used vehicle offering), as well as the introduction and offer of Arval Ignition, our salary sacrifice arrangement via brokers and dealers within this business area. We are also working on some exciting new retail partnerships, which we will announce shortly.”

Elliott takes over the role formerly held by Todd Williams, who now heads up the Commercial – Flex division.

The appointment of Elliott Woodhead now completes changes to the Arval UK executive team, which also welcomed Mike Curtis as Corporate Sales Director in July 2023.

Mike Curtis (right) leads the company’s commercial sales activities for customers running fleets of 50 or more vehicles. Joining Arval UK in 2003, he has held various remarketing and commercial leadership positions before moving to international roles in 2014, initially as Managing Director of Arval India and then as Managing Director of Arval Denmark. 

Returning to the UK in July 2023, he has spearheaded growth in the corporate segment. 

Mike said: “The continuation of low company car tax for electric vehicles has contributed to an increased desire for businesses to enable their employees to choose a company car, whether that be via the traditional model or through our salary sacrifice product, Arval Ignition.” 

In her fourth year as Arval UK Managing Director, Lakshmi Moorthy added:

“Both Elliott and Mike have enormous experience, both of the UK market from their extensive time here previously, and now bringing a valuable perspective of leasing across global markets. Their knowledge and capabilities will be of great value to us as we grow our business further, and I am delighted to be able to welcome them into our UK Executive team.

“I would also like to thank Mike for providing exceptional interim leadership support to our retail channel, in addition to his main role leading the corporate segment, prior to Elliott’s appointment.”