Pendragon chief operating officer Martin Casha has stepped down from his role with the listed car dealer to to take on the role of CEO at Marshall Motor Group.","Just a week after 40 per cent of the Pendragon shareholders voted against his reappointment to the board, Casha announced he is leaving the role in an update to the Stock Market this morning.","He is the second senior Pendragon executive to quit the business in the last week. He will remain in his role until November 7.","The 63-year-old has spent his entire career working for Pendragon and was appointed operations director in 1995.","The Marshall CEO role has remained vacant for 14 months since Daksh Gupta stepped down in May 2022 after the takeover by Constellation.","It is understood James Brearley had been lined up for the Marshall CEO job, but terms could not be agreed. He recently joined Peter Vardy as operations director.