Matt McAuley

MATT McAuley, the long-standing head of communications and public relations at Manheim, has been promoted to the role of director of marketing and communications at Cox Automotive Australia.

Mr McAuley’s new role sees him take on the added responsibility of marketing on top of his current management of the communications and public relations functions.

He was previously communications director of Cox Automotive Australia and will continue to report to Cox Automotive Australia chief executive Gary Martin.

In addition to his Cox Automotive duties he will assume responsibility for all Manheim and Sell My Car marketing and communications activities.

Mr McAuley brings a wealth of industry knowledge to his new role. He has more than 22 years of automotive marketing and communications experience through a number of senior positions with both OEMs and other Cox Automotive companies.

He joined Manheim in 2009 as communications manager responsible for marketing, public relations, internal communications, sponsorship and media management of the auction group.

He was heavily involved in the management of communications during the acquisitions and mergers that led to the creation of Cox Automotive Australia and was made communications director after that company was formed.

He previously worked for Peugeot Automobiles Australia and Porsche Cars Australia in senior PR and marketing roles.

By John Mellor