THE national used car manager for Skoda – Barney Butterell – has joined new low cost van retailer Innovation Automotive as head of sales. Innovation Automation debuted at the CV Show in 2021 and will initially bring in electric Chinese van brands DFSK and Skywell. These will be followed by as yet undisclosed electric car brands. Barney first joined the Volkswagen Group…
PROMOTED STORY WEB design agency Fifty2One has introduced a customer portal to its leasing broker website design as part of a series of upgrades to both front end design and rear end usability. The latest update introduces a customer portal that enables client self-service in a secure environment. The web design business, which operates under the First Leasing brand, says that items…
LEASING broker Car Lease Agent has launched its new website, providing improved user experience across both desktop and mobile. The Altrincham-based firm has given its design a refresh and focused on making its customer experience amongst the best in the field as part of the efforts to revitalise the brand. Thanks to a new system Car Lease Agent can now see customers…
JOANNE Machin has been installed as chief executive officer at Drive Software Solutions, providers of ODO fleet management to leasing brokers. Machin is an experienced operator with senior roles at Inchcape, GE Capital, Lex Vehicle Leasing (now Lex Autolease), and LeasePlan. Machin will be tasked with leading Drive at a critical stage in the EV market as it transitions from niche to…
CHRIS Hayes is the new director of Lexus, effective 01 January 2022. His appointments follows the retirement of Ewan Shepherd who has led Lexus for the last five years after 22 years with Toyota. Chris, who moves from his director of people and planning role, says he foresees an exciting time ahead for Lexus: I am delighted to be leading the Lexus…
GUILLAUME Sicard is the new country head UK & managing director Renault Brand UK, Ireland, Malta and Cyprus. The appointment is effective 01 January 2022. Guillaume – who joins the UK team from Renault China where he was COO – takes over from Vincent Tourette who is moving to another position within Renault Group. As well as China, Guillame has extensive international…
FLEET Alliance has appointed Mark Roberts to the newly-created role of salary sacrifice product manager. Mark joins the Glasgow-based leasing broker from Zenith where he was most recently customer relationship director responsible for both corporate and salary sacrifice sales. Our main focus will be the SME sector, where many of the larger players don’t want to play. Our USP will be the…
LEASING brokers are in an ideal position to help fleet managers move to an electric future. It follows research by broker funder Alphabet that showed 25% of all fleet decision makers needed assistance to make the electrification move. Key points of the findings were: More than a third of fleet decision makers still see cost as the main barrier to going electric,…