Three new directors have been elected to the main board of the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP).
Martin Edgecox, Matthew Hammond, and Lee Jackson have been appointed following a vote by the organisation’s members.
Edgecox is national fleet manager at National Highways, where he has worked since 2013. He is said to have significant experience of fleet in both the public and private sectors, working extensively in zero emissions by co-ordinating with the Department for Transport and Office of Zero Emission Vehicles to meet carbon targets.
Hammond is head of fleet at Altrad Services, and is a National and International CPC holder with over 12 years of experience in transport and fleet management. He been in his current role for eight years, operating a mixed fleet of 1,200 vehicles across the UK with cradle-to-grave fleet management experience in cars and commercial vehicles.
Jackson is head of fleet and transport at Marston Holdings, and has worked in fleet for over 20 years. He was previously head of fleet and transport at both HSS and Stericycle on an international basis.
He has worked on the AFP’s Kerbside Charging Network and HMRC AER projects, and is a member of the Northwest Freight Council.
Ten candidates stood in the election, initially for two places, however with an equal number of votes cast for two of the leading three candidates, all were appointed as directors.
AFP chair Paul Hollick said: “We’d like to welcome Martin, Matthew and Lee, as three well-established commercial vehicle fleet managers, to the AFP board.
“Crucially, we hope they will play a key role in shaping our future van training courses – both for ICE and EV – within the AFP Fleet Academy. We are doing more and more work in the area of van fleet management, as well as cars, so they will be a major asset to the organisation.”
The AFP has also announced the appointment of Ashley Tate, CEO of Mina, as vice chair of its EV, Alternative Fuels and Low Carbon Committee.
