Our People

	Nick Johnson – Chief Executive Officer With 20 years experience in the fleet industry, covering 15 different countries, Nick has a passion for the industry. This culminated in him leading the team to acquire FleetPartners from the ANZ Bank in November 2006. His vision is to put customers at the centre of everything FleetPartners does and create a unique, quality branded experience that set the company apart in this sector.
	Dennis Kelly – Managing Director FleetPartners New Zealand Dennis is well known in both the finance and leasing industries in New Zealand and brings a wealth of experience and knowledge with him from over 30 years in the local market. With extensive experience in the vehicle leasing industry, Dennis previously spent 10 years as a senior executive then Managing Director of Hertz Fleetlease Limited.
	Barry Nicholson – Director of Sales Barry has over 17 years leasing experience with an emphasis on sales and relationship management in both passenger and heavy commercial vehicles. Barry re-joined FleetPartners in June 2007 13 years after he started his career with the same company then known as Avis Lease. Prior to joining, Barry had spent six years at Custom Fleet where he was their National Sales & Marketing Manager. Barry is tertiary qualified and is well respected within the leasing/fleet management market.
	Bevan Guest – Director, Relationship Management Bevan joined FleetPartners in June 2010. He has over 10 years in the finance and automotive industries including roles at Holden Australia as the Asia Pacific Export Manager, National Manager at Nissan Finance and as a Commercial Manager at UDC. Holding a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Auckland University, Bevan is passionate about ensuring FleetPartners relationship team add value to their customers through constantly looking at ways to improve the management of the customers fleet.
	Vern McLaren – Director, Customer Service Following 15 years in fleet management and sales Vern joined FleetPartners in 1989 as NZ Operations Manager. Subsequent roles have included Head of Pricing & Risk and Northern Regional Sales Manager before taking on the challenge of Director of Customer Service, creating the customer service function. Vern holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business and is committed to delivering efficient industry leading service that is aligned to FleetPartners’ vision of “continuously improving the customer experience”.
	Kelvin James, General Manager Remarketing After 6 years’ service with Price Waterhouse Coopers, Kelvin embarked on a career in Commerce and Industry. He has held senior regional financial positions with Hoechst, Johnson & Johnson and MicroStrategy. After a move from Europe to Australia in 2006 he joined FleetPartners as Group Financial Operations Manager and in 2010 accepted the position of Head of Operations for the New Zealand business, based in Auckland. Kelvin has recently accepted a Pan-Tasman role to lead the Remarketing operations and is committed to leveraging scale to deliver a good customer experience coupled with internal process excellence.
	Stuart Bindon – Group Business Technology Manager Stuart joined FleetPartners as a contractor in January 2004 after spending nine years as IT Manager at Hertz Fleetlease, responsible for the installation and set up of their leasing system. In October 2004 Stuart was made a full-time employee and in 2007 was appointed the Group Business Technology Manager for both Australia and New Zealand. Before joining Hertz Fleetlease Stuart spent 11 years at Tip Top Ice Cream New Zealand and was responsible for implementing the manufacturing and financial systems. Stuart holds a Diploma in Business majoring in Information Systems.