Trevor Brennan has been appointed the new regional sales manager for club operator Holmes Places' Polish operations.

Brennan secured a permanent position after a temporary spell in the role and will take up the full-time position at the beginning of April.

Brennan joins the company from IT solutions company Metaforce, where he was sales director. His previous roles include stints as national sales manager of Leisure Connection as well as senior roles at Fitness First and Next Generation.

Brennan will be tasked with driving the expansion of Holmes Place's member base in Poland will be reporting directly to Neil Burton, the company's chief operating officer for central and eastern Europe.

Commenting on the appointment, Burton said: "In a market with so much potential, Trevor has quickly capitalized on his strong sales background delivering a 17 per cent uplift in the first quarter - a great start to 2010."