Group appoints chief operating officer

Manukau Toyota Group has appointed Nadine Bell as its chief operating officer and she took up the post this month after spending nearly three years as chief marketing officer at Armstrong’s.

Her previous experiences include more than 20 years working for Honda New Zealand after she joined the company as national contact centre manager in 2000.

While there she also held roles such as dealer training and sales development manager, national customer relationship manager and general manager marketing before spending her final year with the business as general manager aftersales and customer service.

Her career in the automotive industry took a year-long hiatus from April 2021 when she was group general manager of Appliance Connexion, a co-operative of branded and independent stores and appliance service agents across New Zealand.

Bell announced her move to New Zealand’s largest Toyota dealership group, which has stores in Botany, Manukau, Papakura and Pukekohe, on LinkedIn. 

She thanked her previous employers for nearly three “action-packed” years. 

“Working across the breadth of Armstrong’s dealerships and brands, including Toyota, has been invaluable to progressing my career,” she adds.