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Isuzu Truck UK has confirmed that its sales director, Richard Draycott, will retire at the end of July 2014.  Draycott has timed his retirement date to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the day he first began in the truck industry with Bedford Trucks.

Pete Murphy, managing director at ITUK said, “For the past 12 ½ years. Richard has utilised all of his considerable experience and expertise gained within the industry to great effect in his position as Sales Director here at Isuzu Truck. In that time, he has built up an incredibly successful and professional sales department that has positively influenced both customers and dealers alike. In his retirement he can certainly reflect that his area of the business is absolutely at the top of its game.”

The business has drafted Richard Waterworth into the position of Head of Sales, directly reporting into Richard Draycott, until his retirement. Waterworth will then to take up the sales director role.

Waterworth is well known within the commercial vehicle industry, having spent the last five years as sales manager at one of the top-selling ITUK dealerships, Warrington Vehicle Centre. He has accrued a great deal of experience with both retail and fleet customers having managed sales teams from within both the DAF and Iveco dealer networks for many years.

Pete Murphy commented on the new candidate: “With Richard Waterworth’s proven knowledge of the Isuzu product as well as his considerable dealer sales expertise, he joins ITUK at a really exciting time. With Isuzu launching its Euro VI truck range at the CV Show and continuing to expand its dealer sales network, this will enable Richard to hit the ground running in his new role, as the company continues on its planned expansion programme,”

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