FIRE5 Digital, the provider of the Automotus broker website and CRM platform, has appointed Catherine Watson as account director.
Catherine will be the main liaison point for customers of Automotus, enabling founder and managing director of the business, Frankie Healy, more time and space to develop the business and push forward with new developments for the Automotus platform.
Catherine and Frankie are no strangers having worked together at 999 Design before Frankie headed off to form Fire5 Digital.
Subsequently Catherine worked for Equator Digital Agency as a senior digital account manager with clients such as the FT and Penguin, before reforming her partnership with Frankie.
When Frankie made that unexpected phone call, it felt like the right time to work somewhere with more of a software focus, dedicated to a single industry. I’m delighted to resume our partnership again and look forward to leveraging my experience to contribute to the growth of the Automotus business and the success of all our clients within the leasing broker sector.
Automotus was the main event sponsor of the first Broker News Awards 2023 held at The Orrery, London earlier this year.
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Ralph Morton is the leading journalist in the leasing broker sector and editor of Broker News, the website which provides information and news for BVRLA-registered leasing brokers. He also writes extensively on the fleet and leasing market in both the UK and Europe.
