Online auction site eBay has hired Gareth Jones, director of marketing strategy at Compare the Market as senior marketing director.

Mr Jones has 20 years of marketing experience including positions at Carphone Warehouse where he headed up digital and online marketing, Capital One, T-Mobile, Royal Mail and Rolls Royce.

Tanya Lawler, vice president of eBay in the UK, said: “Gareth is a best in class marketer with a proven track record of developing strategies which flow across customer touch points and key platforms. Gareth will play the lead in creating and delivering seasonally relevant, targeted marketing campaigns to the 18 million Brits who visit eBay.co.uk each month.”