CONGRATULATIONS to James Farrier who has been appointed Business Development Manager at the leasing comparison site Leasing.com.
James has held various sales and business development roles in the energy, renewables and EV charging sectors, most recently at renewables business Ascent Energy Services.
James joins the growing Partnerships Team of Leasing.com where he will be working under the supervision of Chief Partnerships Officer, Paul Harrison.
“As we continue to grow, James will play an important role in supporting our advertising partners and helping to investigate, develop and take to market a number of key strategic projects, including yet to be launched new services for the automotive sector.”
Paul Harrison, Chief Partnerships Officer, Leasing.com Tweet
The comparison website currently partners with in excess of 100 of the best vehicle leasing businesses including brokers of all sizes, motor dealer groups, leasing companies and motor manufacturers. During the last year, Leasing.com says it reached millions of visitors and generated hundreds of thousands of leasing enquiries for its advertising partners.
James will be based in Rugby and travel nationwide to Leasing.com’s various partners.

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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.