Kubota UK has strengthened its sales team with the appointment of a new key account manager.


Leana Horton

Leana Horton joins from construction plant hire specialist Hewden, where she looked after national accounts including civil engineering contractors Murphys. She also built up and managed the Crossrail project for Hewden.

As Kubota’s key account manager, Leana will be responsible for maintaining and developing strategic partnerships with fleet customers throughout the UK, focusing mainly on the range of mini excavators, but also offering the breadth of products across the construction, tractor and groundcare product ranges.

Dave Roberts, MD at Kubota, said: “Leana’s appointment is all about adding value to the service we provide our key account customers, working closer with them to provide support and a first class service offering to ensure they get the best out of their Kubota fleet.”

Leana said: “Kubota has an excellent reputation with dealers and the end-user operators for providing machines that offer outstanding performance and efficiency. I am really looking forward to working with our key account customers and developing these relationships further.”