Senior Management Team

Vincent St Claire

Vincent St Claire Managing Director

Vincent has over 25 years experience in the automotive sector, particularly in the leasing, fleet management, daily rental and insurance sectors. His most recent appointments have been as Managing Director of Arval one of the UK's largest leasing and fleet management companies, Operations Director at easyCar and Commercial Director of Rental Services at the AA.

To date he has been responsible for bringing innovation to the industry and has a strong track of operational, supplier management and developing long term customer partnerships.

Carl Blott

Carl Blott Finance Director

Carl joined Fleet Assist in 2018 after 8 years at Tusker where he had been head of finance and head of business transformation. During his 25 years in the industry Carl has also worked for a number of other companies including Lex Autolease and Pendragon.

Responsible for all aspects of the finance team’s performance and the company’s financial reporting, Carl manages the rental administration function leveraging his strong process and funding / credit under writing experience.

Karen Ewer

Karen Ewer Head of Business Development

Karen joined Fleet Assist in January 2011 from Leaseplan where she worked in Customer Services and Purchasing. Prior to this Karen worked as a Marketing Manager within Ford where she was responsible for a team of 5 offering support to the Rental network. She has over 15 years’ experience in Customer Service which is invaluable to her role.

Karen’s primary role is to provide support and assistance to our customers, working with them to improve penetration into the Fleet Assist network and advising on efficiencies and cost savings.

As a mother of two boys, Karen spends most of her spare time with her family.

Chris Crow

Chris Crow Head of Network Services

A qualified accountant and economist, Chris has been in the industry for over 20 years with roles including General Manager at Lex Vehicle Leasing, Head of Commercial Operations at Lloyds TSB Autolease, Risk Director at Hitachi Capital and Chief Editor at CAP Automotive.

Outside of work Chris volunteers for two local charities, tinkers with his classic car and keeps fit by exercising his beloved dog.

Les Kerjenski

Les Kerjenski Chief Technology Officer

Les has over 30 years of global IT leadership experience across a variety of organisations including blue-chip, charity and SME.

He is a collaborative digital transformation, stabilisation and growth leader who specialises in helping businesses effectively formulate and execute IT excellence across infrastructure, application development, support and service.

Customer Relations

Mike Johnston

Mike Johnston Business Development Manager

Mike has over 30 years’ experience in the Automotive industry. He has held senior sales roles with National Car Rental and Europcar and has been a member of the BVRLA Rental committee.

Mike has extensive account management experience in the Contract Hire and Leasing sector. His responsibilities include delivering cost saving initiatives to our customer base and the acquisition of new business for the company.

In his spare time Mike is a keen golfer striving for continuous improvement.

Daniel St Claire

Daniel St Claire Business Development Manager

Daniel has over 14 years experience within the automotive sector, most recently working at Alphabet (GB) Limited (part of the BMW Group) where he was responsible for the CarSharing & eMobility products.

Daniel has a wealth of knowledge within the Fleet Leasing, CarSharing, eMobility and Daily Rental market, with a strong track record of operational and sales delivery and developing long term customer/supplier partnerships.

Network Development

Mark Davies

Mark Davies Network Development Manager - North

Mark joined Fleet Assist in August 2010 from the Pendragon Group where he held the role of Service Manager for one of the largest Ford sites in the group.

With over 20 years experience in the automotive / fleet industry Mark initially started as a mechanic. He has more recently held a held a number of senior management positions in franchised dealerships and with vehicle manufacturers responsible for service maintenance and repair of vehicles.

Mark is responsible for the Network in the northern territory.

Stephen Polhill

Stephen Polhill Network Development Manager - South

Stephen joined Fleet Assist in 2011 with the Service Booking team where he progressed through to Training & Quality Assessment. He then worked within Network Administration and Technical Services for 2 years before heading up the Rental Administration team for over 5 years.

Stephen has now joined the Network Development team and is responsible for the Network in the southern territory.

In his spare time, Stephen enjoys working on his classic cars and attending anything car or bike related.