Christian Lafont, European key account manager ATS Euromaster.

  • How have the first few months in your new role been?
    I have been busy understanding the business, getting to know people and identifying opportunities.

  • What has been the highlight?
    I’ve been impressed by the diversity of our customers’ operations, working on contracts involving vehicles ranging from lease cars to ambulances and airport service vehicles to parcel delivery vans.

  • What is the best thing about working with the fleet industry?
    The pressure for continued profit growth is high for most fleets.

  • Did you always envisage a career in account management?
    Yes, it offers a wide arena in which to progress.

  • What’s been your best career move to date?
    This last move is certainly the most exciting.

  • What’s the best advice you have been given?
    Someone who started his career in the art world once told me: “Follow your dreams, listen to your heart and use your head – you’ll never be wrong.”