OEMs react swiftly to grant cut WHILE the cut to the Plug-in Car Grant was, to say the least, unexpected, the OEMs are organising themselves pretty quickly under the new £35k cut off point. Citroen was the first to react with its new e-C4 model now below the new EV waterline. Yesterday Vauxhall also realigned prices of its Mokka-e to ensure it now qualifies for…
ALPHABET GB will be supporting Broker News throughout 2022. Richard Chadwick, head of Alphabet Partner, said it was appropriate that the funder added its weight behind the broker information channel as the country started to transition out of lockdown. The broker market has shown fantastic resilience during the pandemic and now looks set for further growth as we start to see the…
SPENCER Halil is the new chief commercial officer of broker funder Alphabet and joins the leasing company’s management committee. Halil takes over from Simon Carr, who has been in the role since 2017 when he joined from LeasePlan. As director of Alphera – a BMW brand providing flexible finance, lease and insurance products – Halil has taken the company through a period…
SUZANNE Gray has been appointed the new head of marketing and business development at broker funder Alphabet. Gray joins Alphabet from the BMW Group where she has worked across a variety of functions for more than 30 years. Gray will assume the role from Agata Stachaszewska, who will be returning to Alphabet International in Munich after three years with Alphabet UK. I’m…
BROKER funder, Alphabet, has a new chief operating officer: Sacha Imamkhan. Imamkhan takes over from Clive Buhagiar who has been acting as interim chief operating officer for the leasing company since August. Previously head of remarketing, Imamkhan will also join the UK Management Committee having led a strategic project in recent months across both the Alphabet and BMW Financial Services brands in…
RICHARD Schooling, who was the CEO of Alphabet GB when the business first launched its broker channel in 2014, is to leave his post at Alphabet International. Schooling, who departs at the end of 2020, was the company’s global chief commercial officer and a member of the board. He said: “I look back on my years in the Group with huge pride,…
BROKER funder Alphabet has given its AlphaGuide a revamp for a better user experience. The app is free to use for any drivers where brokers have transacted a lease underwritten by Alphabet. To access the app, drivers just need to use their Alphabet contract number. The freely accessible app provides drivers with easy to use self-service features. Functions include a mileage tracker,…
BROKER funder Alphabet has announced the appointment of Chantal Gorman as its new chief risk officer. Previously Goran was the company’s head of controlling, a position she has held for the last six years. Gorman, who was part of ING before the integration of the leasing company into Alphabet, has extensive experience, with more than 25 years of expertise in the vehicle…