Bentley Appoints Len Hunt as New Sales & Marketing Director

CREWE, England, September 13 -- Bentley Motors is pleased to announce the appointment of Len Hunt as Member of the Board, Sales & Marketing reporting directly to Chairman and Chief Executive Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen.

Len Hunt, 49 has a wealth of international experience with luxury brands and will join Bentley from Volkswagen of America where he has held senior positions with Volkswagen Group since 1999.

Len will replace Adrian Hallmark in a joint career move which sees Adrian taking over from Len in the US as Executive Vice President Volkswagen Brand.

Commenting on the new appointment Dr Paefgen said: "I would like to thank Adrian for his tremendous contribution over the last six years culminating in the overwhelming customer response to both Continental GT and Flying Spur and we wish him every success. We are delighted to welcome Len to Crewe, where his extensive experience of our two largest markets and luxury brands will be invaluable. I am also, personally, very pleased to renew our previous close working relationship."

As a result of these appointments Bentley has taken the opportunity to restructure PR. In addition to his existing responsibilities for worldwide marketing, Mark Tennant will also assume responsibility for PR in the new role of PR and Marketing Director.