BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions UK has named Tristan Watkins as its country manager.

Watkins, currently managing director of Technology Solutions, a Paris-based international business line for BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, will replace Benoit Dilly who has been appointed managing director of Arval UK, BNP Paribas’s vehicle leasing and fleet management company.

Dilly has been in his current role since 2009 and will take over at Arval from Bart Beckers, who has been appointed as the company’s chief commercial officer.

The changes will be effective from 1 September.