- Pictured left to right: Vansdirect fleet team of Simon Brown, Cassius Nixon, Lisa Fellows and Mark Gittens.
VANSDIRECT has expanded its fleet team under the leadership of Mark Gittens, the leasing broker’s National Sales Manager.
Joining Mark are Business Development Managers Lisa Fellows and Cassius Nixon, who will work alongside Simon Brown in the fleet department.
Lisa is highly experienced in the automotive sector, joining from respected dealer supplier Greenhous where she was Commercial Director. Before that she was Fleet Director at CMS, a family retailer.
Cassius brings his extensive experience in van leasing, having worked at Vanarama and more recently at Global Vans where he was Senior Account Manager.
“Expanding our fleet team is a deliberate step in our wider growth strategy. By investing in capability, expertise and scale, we’re ensuring we can meet increasing customer demand while maintaining the service levels and commercial agility that set us apart. This move enables us to support larger corporate customers with end user terms, alongside the well established leasing solutions we already provide.”
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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.
