The Colonial Motor Company Limited at annual general meting held on 11 November 2022, announced the retirement of Matthew Newman from the Board with effect from the close of this meeting. Matthew has served CMC for 36 years and been guiding South Auckland Dealership representation over those near four decades. This was initially for Ford, then adding Mazda and more recently including Isuzu, Citroën, Peugeot and Suzuki.

He has brought to the board table his energy and enthusiasm, experience and empathy. Always a strong performer at the dealership level gave Matthew the credibility to contribute significantly on matters of strategy, financial performance and people development.