New Senior Appointment For The Porsche Retail Group

READING, UNITED KINGDOM – January 31, 2011: Effective January 2011, Charles Tennant has been appointed Group General Manager of the Porsche Retail Group. Charles has worked for Porsche Cars Great Britain for the past four years, joining the UK subsidiary of the German sports car manufacturer as Network Operations Manager in 2007.

“I am really looking forward to driving the business forward at our five Porsche Centres that constitute the Porsche Retail Group,” Charles commented. “Porsche is renowned for its class-leading products with benchmark driving dynamics and peerless engineering quality and I’m confident that the Retail Group offers a customer experience that matches our outstanding product standards.”

Charles has a broad background that spans various senior roles within the car industry. Prior to joining Porsche, Charles worked at BMW UK as National Sales Manager, as well as in a variety of roles within Sales and Marketing in the Volkswagen Group. With senior management experience in the BMW and Mini Retail network, Charles also brings the perspective from the showroom floor to his new role.