Fleet News Hall of Fame 2007 - 2025

The inductees to the Fleet News Hall of Fame, acknowledging individuals whose careers have been dedicated to ensuring excellence in the field of fleet management, raising the profile of the role in UK businessess and ongoing innovation.

Latest inductees (2025): Dale Eynon and Alison Moriarty

 

The Fleet News Hall of Fame inductees

 

2025 Alison Moriarty

2025 Dale Eynon

"Dale Eynon and Alison Moriarty both enrich the Fleet News Hall of Fame. Eynon is a global leader on fleet sustainability and electrification. A former Fleet News fleet manager of the year, he is a highly respected professional with significant experience in developing fleet strategy, policy and complex operational delivery models.

"Moriarty, a sitting magistrate and occupational road risk pioneer, has worked extensively with those in construction, civil engineering, utilities and passenger transport, which have traditionally been seens as 'male dominated' professions.

"She has been hugely successful in reducing the fleet risk and collsion rates of several large fleets by focusing on driver behaviour and education and has received numerous awards for her successes in these areas, including Fleet News Safe Fleet of the Year while at Skanska and the Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety." Steve Briers, group editor, Fleet News - from the Fleet News Awards 2025 special report.

2024 Ian Leonard

2024 Julie Summerell

2023 Caroline Gallagher, sales director, Thrifty

2023 Steve Winter, head of fleet, British Gas

2022 Shaun Barritt, group CEO, Grosvenor Group

2022 Neil McCrossan, sales and marketing director, Northgate Vehicle Hire

2022 Debbie Floyde, group fleet manager, Bauer Media

2021 Brian Johnson, chairman, Grosvenor Group

2021 Peter Eldridge, director, Institute of Car Fleet Professionals / Association of Fleet Professionals

2021 Gordon Stephen, managing director, Ogilvie Fleet

2020 Liz Hollands, fleet manager, Logistics UK

2019 Ian Hill, managing director, Activa Contracts

2019 Graham Telfer, fleet manager, Gateshead Council

2018 Mike Street, chairman, SHB

2018 Maurice Elford, fleet manager, L&Q

2018 Phil Clifford, fleet and technical manager, West Suffolk Councils

2017 Simon Oliphant, UK CEO, Hitachi Capital Vehicle Solutions

2017 Colin Marriott, head of fleet, British Gas

2016 John Pryor, fleet and travel manager / chairman, Arcadia Group / ACFO

2016 Andrew Mann, managing director, JCT600 Vehicle Leasing Solutions

2016 Peter Roper-Hall, contract hire manager, Jaguar Land Rover

2015 Larry Bannon, national fleet manager, NHS Blood and Transport

2015 Hugh Wallace, managing director, Arnold Clark Finance

2014 Val South, fleet manager, Xerox

2014 Peter Cakebread, managing director, Marshall Leasing

2013 Nigel Trotman, strategic fleet consultant, Alphabet

2013 David Graham, fleet manager, E.On

2012 Kevin Griffin, director of fleet operations, Ford of Britain

2012 Vince Kinner, fleet director, Volkswagen

2012 Julie Jenner, key solutions manager / chairman, GE Capital / ACFO

2011 Geoffrey Bray, chairman, Fleet Support Group

2011 Phil Redman, fleet manager, IBM UK

2010 Maurice Howkins, fleet sales director, GMUK

2010 John Lewis, chief executive, BVRLA

2010 Tony Leigh, head of car fleet services, PricewaterhouseCoopers

2009 John Bradley, fleet manager, Hampshire Constabulary

2009 John Leigh, managing director, National Car Rental

2009 Freddie Aldous, president / founder, BVRLA / Swan National

2009 Jon Walden, managing director, Lex

2008 Stewart Whyte, owner, Fleet Audits

2008 Nigel Stead, managing director, Lex Autolease

2007 Roddy Graham, commercial director, Leasedrive Group

 

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