Speakers
Andy Edwards, UK Field Sales Manager, Quartix
Andy has been with the business for 10 years, managing a large and diverse customer base of private and public sector organisations. Andy’s wealth of knowledge and expertise enables him to assist fleet managers in meeting the challenges they face in an ever-changing environment whilst ensuring a high ROI is achieved from the use of telematics.
Andy Hill JP, MSOE, MIRTE , Commercial Vehicle Manager, Lex Autolease
Andy has 37 years of experience in the commercial vehicle arena, with the last 23 years in the leasing industry.
Adopting a consultative approach Andy likes to get under the skin of his customers and their businesses, understanding their challenges, needs and aspirations connected to the commercial vehicle fleet. This approach and attention to detail has helped bring innovation, efficiencies and improvements to fleets across many different industry sectors such retail, construction, facilities management, rail, passenger transport and emergency services to name just a few.
Always with an eye on health & safety, new developments, technologies and legislation Andy will ensure that any solutions he delivers are modern, safe, legally compliant, fit for purpose and as far as possible future proof to all known upcoming legislation.
Well know and highly respected in the LCV industry, Andy sits on the influential BVRLA Commercial Vehicle Committee and plays an active role in the Logistics UK Van Excellence Scheme.
Andy Neale, RED Training
Andy Neale has recently ‘semi-retired’ having sold his Driver Risk Management & Wellbeing business to RED Training and worked to integrate the two businesses for some 18 months.
Andy left school at just 16 and spent 10 years in the Police; the last 6 in the Traffic Division on the newly opened M25! He then began his 30+ year training career, firstly, in the L driver market before moving on to deliver ‘fleet’ driver driving, driving events and wellbeing training. He also created and implemented many ‘training programmes’ for hundreds of Companies of all sizes.
Drivers make mistakes due to ‘bad decisions’ and not due to poor driving skills and so Andy created a unique Driver Training style that works ‘with’ drivers to develop their decision-making ability and importantly, improves health & wellbeing across the areas of fatigue, hydration, nutrition and stress management thus reducing incidents and driving related costs.
He now lives in Cornwall and works with several businesses, including RED Training, in a consultancy role across Driver Risk Management and Wellbeing. He is still passionate about improving the performance and wellbeing of individuals which of course benefits both them and their Company.
Dan Crutchington, Senior Transport Advisor​, Logistics UK
Dan's career began in a tachograph checking role, and since finishing university has had various roles in an FMCG operation, before becoming Transport Manager of a large two-man home delivery operation. Dan joined Logistics UK in February 2020 as a Senior Transport Advisor and one of the most enjoyable aspects is being able to discuss a variety of topics every day and share information with people
Denise Beedell, Public Policy Manager, Logistics UK.
Denise helps to deliver Logistic UK’s urban and environmental logistics policy agenda, in particular, proactively leading Logistics UK’s policy work on vans, including publications, information services and discussion forums in connection with policy and regulatory issues. Denise joined Logistics UK in August 2018 from the Federation of Small Businesses, where she was Development Manager for Greater London and led on Transport, Environment and Crime policy issues in the capital.
Fergus McVey, CEO, 7th Sense Research UK
7th Sense Research UK is a Consumer and Markets Insights agency based in London UK. Fergus has been providing data and insights to the Automotive, Sport, Luxury and Govt/3rd Sector for over 20 years. Before founding 7th Sense UK in 2015 he was Divisional Director at GfK, leading the UK Custom Automotive practice. 7th sense execute multiple projects each year for the likes of Mercedes-Benz Vans and VWCV – as well as more ordinary clients like Rolls-Royce, Aston Martin and Triumph motorcycles. They help brands understand their markets and customers, so they deliver the right products and services.
A regular speaker on future habits and habitats, Fergus is a full member of the UK Market Research Society (MRS), has published numerous papers in 2020 on travel, automation and drivers of human decision making – and has just helped a major Bavarian manufacturer plan the future of their pinnacle car brand.
Laura Moran, Managing Director, TVL Security
Laura has over 30 years’ experience in the automotive sector covering various senior roles in vehicle rental, remarketing, on-line car buying and vehicle dismantling. Laura has spent 10 years working in the van sector including the role of Commercial Vehicle Director at Hertz and now in her most recent role as Managing Director at TVL Group which includes TVL Security.
TVL Security are the leaders in vehicle security innovation, focusing primarily on the van market and their credentials speak for themselves with TVL Security lock packs being fitted as factory options on Ford Transit vans across Europe.
Lili Oliver, Partner, Weightmans
Lili Oliver, a criminal regulatory lawyer, represents corporate bodies, their officers and other individuals subject to investigation and prosecution in relation to the full range of criminal and regulatory offences arising out of fatal and non-fatal incidents. She is also head of Weightmans’ Transport & Logistics sector.
She is recognised nationally as a leading specialist in the area of commercial driver representation following fatal or serious collisions, and is instructed on a daily basis by insurer and corporate clients to represent at PACE and other interviews, as well as frequently appearing in the Coroners' Court to represent corporate bodies or individuals.
Lili is also regularly invited by corporate clients to work with key individuals in assisting the organisation deal with the area of commercial fleet risk from both a criminal and regulatory perspective. This includes working with the organisation in the implementation of ‘serious incident policies’ that ensure both the driver and organisation are protected in the event of a fatal or serious collision. She is recognised for her commercial approach, providing pragmatic advice that takes into consideration the significant impact of the incident and investigation internally, as well as the wider reputational risks.
Phil Lloyd, Head of Engineering Policy, Logistics UK
Phil has been the Logistics UK’s Head of Engineering Policy since June 2018, having spent most of his career working for the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
He served his apprenticeship in Motor Vehicle Engineering in Manchester and joined what is now DVSA as a vehicle examiner, spending over 30 years with them in a wide range of operational roles, including Auditing, Training and vehicle certification. For the last 13 of his years with DVSA Phil held a variety of senior management positions including; Head of Operations, Head of Policy, Head of Strategy & Planning and Head of Transformation, over that time leading the implementation of their Testing Transformation project, developing their Roadside Enforcement Strategy. Before joining the Logistics UK Phil was a self-employed contractor, providing technical training for MOT testers and consultancy to the Authorised Testing Facilities Operators Association (ATFOA); designing and developing a testing solutions strategy, which was supported by the Logistics UK as well as the other main Transport Trade Associations.
Stewart Osmond, Haulage and Logistics Director, WTW
Stewart fulfils a national role at WTW within the GB Retail business, leading the fleet proposition aligning to haulage/logistics, waste/recycling, utility and motor trade organisations, extending to include any profile of car and van fleets. His role also involves creating and delivering thought leadership and risk insight papers to help our clients/prospective clients keep abreast of the ever-changing regulatory world.
WTW is dedicated to supporting transportation organisations find the right risk and insurance solutions to fit your business’ strategy, whether you’re a large company, trade association, regulatory body or government department. Our expertise spans rail, bus and coach, transportation logistics and infrastructure, port operations, haulage, distribution, freight forwarding and tour operators.
Against the backdrop of Brexit, COVID-19, labour shortages and the rising cost of fuel, our specialists are focused on helping your business in implementing robust risk management and health and safety programmes, navigating insurance market challenges and building resilience against the ever-increasing threat of litigation.
Vernon Oak, Senior Workshops Manager, Rivus Fleet Solution
Vernon is currently a senior manager within Rivus Fleet Solution managing one of the largest facilities within the organisation. As well as this Vernon is also assisting with various transformations within the organisation and Pullmans Fleet services.
Vernon being a qualified engineer has a career spanning over 25 years managing small to large scale operations within blue-chip organisations on a global scale such as Bombardier, Lufthansa, Danish & Italian governments, and Royal Mail logistics.
With vast experience in various industries Vernon has led in the developments of fleet maintenance transformations across the UK. This entailed developing new & old facilities, processes and systems to enable efficient handling of customer fleets seeing the planning of over 300,000 vehicles flowing through a UK network.
