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Swapsies: Sean Hanley is moving over to Toyota from Lexus, while his replacement Peter McGregor  comes to the role from Toyota.

LEXUS Australia’s chief executive Sean Hanley has transitioned across to a divisional sales management role with parent company Toyota Australia, as part of the company’s preparation to become a full-line importer by the end of 2017.

In his new role, Mr Hanley will report to executive director Tony Cramb who followed a similar career path to his current role in Toyota’s local management team, coming from CEO of Lexus via a stint as director of sales and marketing.

Mr Hanley leaves Lexus after a three-year tenure and during a boom time for the brand, with a record sales result on the horizon for 2015 – an achievement mentioned in a short press release announcing the senior leadership changes.
On its current trajectory, Lexus will find homes for more than 8500 vehicles by the end of the year – about a four per cent increase on its previous best year in 2007 when it sold 8199 vehicles cars and SUVs.

“The appointments are highly strategic and indicative of Toyota’s commitment to the Australian market in the long term,” said Toyota Australia president Dave Buttner.

“They will strengthen our foundation for the future and support our vision of creating an even stronger business to the benefit of our customers.”

Peter McGregor replaces Mr Hanley in the Lexus lead role and brings 40 years of experience in regional development and product planning with Toyota.

Like its luxury sub-brand, Toyota is also experiencing a period of growth, and is expecting 2015 to mark the fourth consecutive year delivering more than 200,000 vehicles to Australian homes and businesses.

The executive reshuffle is in preparation for the significant change to local operations in two years when the Japanese car-maker ceases local manufacturing of the Toyota Camry and Aurion.

Both appointments are effective from January 1 next year.

By Daniel Gardner

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