Meet the Team
Managing Director - Nigel Murkett
Since that time he has taken executive responsibility for the development of the Vauxhall business. He believes that the continuity of leadership and culture has been key to developing a very experienced team of talented people who are committed to providing their customers with the highest standards of service. Away from the business Nigel enjoys spending time with his children, classic cars and powerboating.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Group Sales Manager - Stewart Lebentz
Starting out as a trainee salesman, Stewart has since graduated through Vauxhall College, worked his way up the chain and now has a total of 22 years Vauxhall experience.
Stewart’s determination and competitive nature has just helped him to complete the 60 miles, London to Cambridge bike ride in an impressive 3 hours and 10 minutes.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: leb@murketts.com
Group Sales Manager - Mark Smith
In 2004 Mark became a Vauxhall Motors Gold Certified Retail Operator/General Manager, through the Vauxhall GM academy and since then has moved the business forward and continued to strive to meet the manufactures expectations.
Mark is always keen to develop good customer relationship and enjoys working for a family run business, selling a product that he believes in.
Telephone: 01480 446108
Email: smm@murketts.com
Sales Manager - Graham Radley
He spent 16 of these with the Marshall Group’s Vauxhall dealerships in Welwyn Garden City, Hitchin and Ely. During that time his jobs have covered leasing and contract hire, fleet management and retail sales.
Graham is based at Murketts Royston branch and is already full of fresh and exciting ideas for the team - he is certainly a man on a mission!
Telephone: 01763 226652
Email: rad@murketts.com
Group Marketing Manager - Joanne Lewis
Joanne has been with Murketts for 16 months and deals with everything related to marketing. Joanne has a Multi Media Degree from Nottingham Trent University, where she specialised in graphic design. Using these skills Joanne creates all of the company’s artwork in house.
Joanne is currently studying the CIM professional diploma and also enjoys making inspiration boards to get the creative juices flowing in her office!
Please contact Joanne if you have any advertising opportunities for any of our four sites.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: lew@murketts.com
Group Senior Sales Administrator - Gemma Brooks
Gemma has worked at Murketts for the past 5 years. Gemma has tried her hand at a number of different roles during her time at Murketts, including reception, rental, service and has now settled into her role as senior sales administrator.
Gemma is the behind the scenes angel!!
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: brg@murketts.com
Sales Consultant - David Mence
Murketts of Cambridge
David has worked as part of the Cambridge sales team for the past 3 years. After studying business at Brighton University he went straight into sales, giving him a total of 11 years Vauxhall experience.
David specialises in van sales and regularly attends training courses to improve his knowledge. David is best known for going to any length to fulfil his customers van needs.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: men@murketts.com
Sales Consultant / Motability Specialist - Chris Squires
Chris is the longest serving member of Murketts entire sales team, in fact, he has probably been here longer then all of them put together!
Having spent the last 18 years at Murketts Chris is 100% dedicated to his role and his customers. Chris is the Motability specialist at the Cambridge branch.
Chris is extremely into his fitness and can found biking to work daily, come rain or snow.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: squ@murketts.com
Sales Consultant - Mark Amos
Mark has been working at Murketts for 3 years, and has a total of 7 years Vauxhall experience. Mark landed his first job as a salesman at the age of 18 and has never looked back since.
Mark has reached a Gold level in his Vauxhall training and has developed his enthusiasm for fast cars into a skill at work by becoming Cambridge’s VXR specialist.
Mark loves his job so much that he travels 80 miles a day to get to work.
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: amo@murketts.com
Sales Controller / Motability Specialist - Chris Harper
Chris originally joined Murketts in 1988 and worked at the Cambridge branch doing fleet and business development for 6 years.
After a short break Chris rejoined Murketts in 2002 and has been the Sales controller at Murketts of Stapleford for the last 7 years.
Chris prides himself on being a local man and always strives to find the best deal for his customers, weather it be in the showroom or down at the local pub over a pint.
Telephone: 01223 716600
Email: har@murketts.com
Sales Controller / Motability Specialist - Lawrence Waugh
Lawrence has been the sales controller and motabilty specialist at Murketts of Royston for the last 6 years. Lawrence has a wealth of knowledge and experience in Vauxhalls and is always dreaming up new campaigns to keep his customers interested.
Married for over 25 years, Lawrence enjoys spending time with his 4 children and 2 grandchildren.
Telephone: 01763 226651
Email: wau@murketts.com
Sales Consultant / Motability Specialist - Chris Wilson
Chris has been part for Murketts sales team for 5 years and has completed the highest level of training to become gold level in sales and a Motability Specialist.
Having lived in the area all his life, Chris enjoys working for a long established local company and dealing with local people.
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: wic@murketts.com
Sales Consultant / Motability Specialist - Darren Faulkner
Darren has been as part of the sales team at Murketts for the past 4 years. He originally started at the Royston branch before transferring to Huntingdon. Like his team mates, Darren has achieved a gold standard in sales along with being Motability accredited.
Darren has a passion for sales and is always working hard to ensure he is at the top of his game.
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: fau@murkkets.com
Sales Consultant / Motability Specialist - Graeme Barrett
Graeme has been working as a sales consultant at Murketts for the past 4 years. Originally starting at the St Ives branch, Graeme has transferred over to the new Huntingdon site and is now a strong link in the sales team, having achieved a gold standard in sales and becoming Motability accredited.
Away from work Graeme enjoys all forms of motor sport and has been on several specialist driving days.
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: bar@murketts.com
Sales Consultant - Paul Bellamy
Paul has been part of the sales team at Murketts Huntingdon for the past 4 years and has a broad range of motor trade knowledge.
Paul loves working in sales and experienced one of his proudest moments when he won the award for International Salesman of the Year in 2004!
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: pbb@murketts.com
Aftersales Manager - Trevor Dew
After starting as an apprentice at the Huntingdon branch in the mid 70's, Trevor worked his way up through the company, and is now head of Aftersales at the large Histon Road site. Trevor is fully committed to team work and has a 'Lead from the front' management style.
In his spare time Trevor is a keen match fisherman, traveling all over the country, including Northan and Southen Ireland. He is presently trying to train a Labradoodle puppy!
Telephone: 01223 724281
Email: dew@murketts.com
Assistant Service Manager - Tim Abbott
Tim has worked at Murketts for the past 2 years and has a total of 20 years Vauxhall experience under his belt.
Tim has a keen interest for sports cars and has recently combined forces with Thorney Motorsports, making Murketts one of the exclusive Vauxhall-approved performance centres.
Please see our Thorney Motorsports page or contact Tim for any further information.
Telephone: 01223 724217
Email: abt@murketts.com
Senior Service Advisor - Tina Edwards
Tina has worked as a service adviser at Murketts for 13 months and with a total of 9 years experience in the motor trade Tina knows her job inside out.
Tina can be found at the front desk at Murketts Histon Road and is always ready to welcome her customers with a smile.
Telephone: 01223 724281
Email: edw@murketts.com
Service Advisor - Emma Worth
Having worked as a receptionist for two years at Murketts Cambridge, Emma has recently taken up the challenge of working as part of the service team
Emma is looking forward to getting to know her new role better and is learning quickly, so far Emma has been noticed for her big smile and her favourite moto - 'No problem, that is not a problem'!
Emma is keen on keeping fit and enjoys her weekly football training for Milton’s women’s club.
Telephone: 01223 724281
Email: wor@murketts.com
Aftersales Manager - John Austin
John has been at Murketts of Stapleford since 1999, and previous to this worked over at the Cambridge branch, giving him a grand total of 15 years experience at Murketts.
John has a long history in the trade as he studied motor vehicle engineering at college and is a gold level trained Vauxhall technician.
John is always trying to keep staff moral high and encourages the team to take part in a number of local charity events, most of which involve him wearing pink!
Telephone: 01223 716602
Email: aus@murketts.com
Service and Parts Advisor - Nigel Bird
Nigel has been a service adviser at Murketts for 2 years, but is also trained in sales, motability aftersales and body repairs, so he is always ready to jump in and help out when the team is in need of an extra pair of hands.
Nigel has been working in the public eye since the age of 16 and is famously known for his presentation skills which were demonstrated during Stapleford’s Women in the Driving seat event in 2009.
Telephone: 01223 716603
Email: bni@murketts.com
Aftersales Manager - Sean Linkin
Sean has been the Aftersales Manager at Royston for the last six years. Working with a very settled team, he has over 70 years of technical experience in his workshop. Sean is also a fully skilled technician and has over 24 years experience in the motor trade.
After retiring from football, Sean is now a keen golfer, often labelled a bandit, but has perfected the art of shouting "four right"
Telephone: 01763 226656
Email: lin@murketts.com
Service and Parts Advisor - Nick Osborne
Nick has worked for Murketts for almost 10 years, during which he has worked at all four Murketts sites, but has now decided to settle at Royston.
Nick has been in the motor trade for over 20 years and hopes that he will remain in it for the next 20!
Away from work Nick enjoys keeping fit and listening to music.
Telephone: 01763 226659
Email: osb@murketts.com
Aftersales Manager - Adrian Gibbins
Adrian has been working at Murketts for 6 years, he is predominantly experienced with the BMW franchise, but has now taken responsibility for Vauxhall Aftersales.
Having worked in the motor trade for 20 years Adrian has a broad knowledge of Aftersales disciplines and is fully committed to ensure that both his customers and team are happy.
In his spare time Adrian enjoys radio controlled car racing and watching rallying, both of which take him all over the country.
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: ang@murketts.com
Service Advisor - James Sweet
James has worked at Murketts for 18 months and has an enormous amount of knowledge on everything cars.
James history includes 16 years at Buckingham and Stanley (Saab) - 10 years in the workshop and 6 years in the parts and service department.
James is well known for his huge welcoming smile and has a love for caravans, motorbikes and a good pint of real ale
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: swe@murketts.com
Service Advisor - Andy Sparham
Andy has been working for Murketts for almost 3 years. Starting off as a technician, Andy decided to swap his overalls for a shirt and moved on up into the role of service adviser.
Andy is keen to progress further in his career within the motor trade and is continuing to complete a number of training courses. His latest achievement includes becoming a qualified first aider.
Telephone: 01480 446118
Email: spa@murketts.com
The Fleet Department
Between them they have over 50 years experience of providing advice and assistance to a range of organisations, whose fleet requirements for Vans and Cars span single and multiple transactions.
Both team members are qualified to Gold Standard, and are Vauxhall Approved Fleet Specialist. Please contact either Denise or Alan for any further information.
Telephone: 01763 226669
Email: thu@murketts.com
Receptionist - Sarah Moore
Sarah is the newest team member at Murketts and is the main receptionist, based at the Cambridge branch on Histon Road.
Sarah controls the switchboard for the Cambridge, Royston and Stapleford branches, so you will have the pleasure of speaking to her no matter which site you call.
Sarah enjoys kick boxing and has won many competitions over her years of practice
Telephone: 01223 706706
Email: msa@murketts.com
Receptionist - Leanne Street
Leanne has been with Murketts for the past 3 years. Starting off in St Ives as the main receptionist, she has now moved with the company over to the new location in Huntingdon, operating the switchboard for both Vauxhall and the bodyshop in Alconbury.
Leanne is bright and cheery no matter what time of day and always meets her customers with a friendly smile and a great cup of tea!
Telephone: 01480 459551
Email: str@murketts.com