Changes at Honda NZ

Honda New Zealand has announced the promotion of two staff who have a combined 35 years of service with the company.

Matthew Fong has been made deputy general manager of sales and Frances Fan is now deputy general manager retail.

Fong first joined Honda NZ in 2007 and spent nine years as a sales consultant and new vehicle account manager before having a brief stint as corporate account manager at John Andrew in Auckland.

He teamed up with the Honda brand again in 2016 when he was appointed sales manager at Honda Cars North Shore and later became its branch manager.

Next up was spending three-and-a-half years as Honda store general manager for the Auckland metropolitan area before moving into his latest role in April this year.

Fan has had an uninterrupted 18 years with Honda NZ after becoming national sales development manager in 2006. She has also held national sales and branch operation manager roles until her recent promotion.

Another recent change at Honda NZ has seen Carolyn McMahon, vice-president of Honda Australia, appointed to the board of directors alongside Nobuya Sonoda, managing director of Honda NZ, and Gaku Nakanishi, director of Asian Honda Motor Co Ltd. 

McMahon replaces Yoshitaka Okamoto, Honda Australia’s chief executive officer, who spent two years on the board.

Sonoda-san, pictured, says: “We are very pleased to work with our Honda Australia colleagues to continue to create new synergies for our Honda brand for the future.”