Cox Automotive Australia has announced the appointment of Gary Martin as its chief executive and Greg Duncan (OAM) as chairman of the board
of management, from March 1, 2017.
John Bailey, president of International, Cox Automotive says: “The appointment of Gary and Greg, who are both well respected leaders of the Australian car sector, underlines the importance Australia plays in Cox Automotive’s global strategy.”
Gary Martin will lead Cox Automotive Australia as their very first chief executive. He is well known in Australian automotive industry circles, and is currently based in the US leading Xtime, a Cox Automotive company.
Xtime is a software provider for 26 major global automotive manufacturers in the US, Canada, Europe and Australia and services over 8000 dealerships.
Prior to his current role as Xtime’s chief operating officer and general manager, Martin was president of Xtime International, responsible for building Xtime’s product offering in international markets.
He was also the former chief executive of Infomedia, an Australian public company that provides solutions for the global automotive parts and services sector.
He served various roles within the company before being appointed as chief executive in 2005, including international sales director, general manager and board director.
Meanwhile, Greg Duncan is an experienced businessman who built the Trivett Group into the largest prestige automotive retailer in Australia with 17 brands across 23 dealerships.
Duncan holds an economics degree and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a well known Australian business leader.
He was very recently recognised for his service to the community and to the business and automotive sectors, being awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia; OAM.
Since 2013 when he sold the Trivett Group, Duncan has been a director and partner in JWT Bespoke, a family owned and operated boutique advisory and investment business.
In 2015 he was appointed to the board of the Automotive Holdings Group (AHG), Australia’s largest automotive retailing group.
He is a founder, shareholder and chairman of the unlisted public company One Way
Traffic, trading as CarsGuide.com.au, a joint venture between News Limited and some of Australia’s major automotive dealer groups.
He was an instrumental player in initiating and completing the deal which saw the merger of CarsGuide with the existing Cox Automotive assets in Australia to form Cox Automotive Australia.
Join the conversation