Fleet software firm Epyx has named Jim Claridge as head of account management for the UK and Europe.
Claridge has worked for the company since 2005, in a variety of roles, most recently as product strategy manager.
He will now be responsible for supporting major fleets – most frequently leasing companies – who use Epyx’s 1link range of products to support their processes.
Claridge said: “Our account management strategy is based on working with each customer to understand their core objectives, helping them to better utilise our products to improve their own offerings and derive new efficiencies in their maintenance, finance and remarketing teams.
“In a fleet market that is facing some difficult issues thanks to the current economic situation and growth of electrification, we can make a real difference to their performance.”
Expansion within Europe is said to be a key element of Epyx’s corporate plan for the next few years, and Claridge is also tasked with supporting this growth.
He said: “We already operate in the Republic of Ireland, France, Denmark and Portugal but are actively looking to move into new territories where our technology can make a real difference to fleets and other motor industry businesses.
“This will be a key initiative for Epyx in the coming years and I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”
Epyx chief commercial officer Tim Meadows said: “Jim is widely experienced within epyx and may well know more about the company, its products and its customers than almost anyone. I’m sure he will make an excellent head of account management.”
