About
Managing a modern fleet means juggling rising costs, complex operations, and constant pressure to do more with less. This webinar explores the key cost and efficiency challenges facing fleet managers today and offers practical, evidence-based ways to tackle them.
We’ll break down the core cost drivers in fleet operations and show where the biggest efficiency gains can be made – from vehicle utilisation and routing to maintenance, fuel, and driver behaviour. Drawing on real-world case studies, we’ll highlight best practice approaches used by organisations that have successfully reduced spend while improving performance.

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When
Tuesday, May 5, 2026 · 2:00 p.m. London (GMT +1:00)
Presenters
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Charlie Cook
CEO & founder, Rightcharge
Charlie is a British entrepreneur and the founder and CEO of Rightcharge, launched in 2019. The company offers a platform that simplifies EV fleet charging payments, designed to accelerate the UK’s transition to clean, sustainable transport.

Before Rightcharge, Charlie built his expertise at the intersection of deep science and the energy sector. A trained engineer, he worked at CERN on the next generation of the Large Hadron Collider before becoming a founding member of Octopus Electric Vehicles and Octopus Electroverse, where he helped shape Octopus Energy’s early electric vehicle solutions. He holds a master’s degree in Climate Change, Management & Finance from Imperial College Business School.

Driven by the urgent need to tackle the climate crisis, Charlie’s mission with Rightcharge is to make sustainable transport an accessible and operational reality for every fleet.
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Chris Mullings
head of fleet, SGN
Chris Mullings is Head of Fleet at SGN, responsible for the safe, compliant and efficient operation of a large LCV and specialist fleet supporting critical gas networks. He brings extensive senior fleet leadership experience, having led electrification, operational efficiency and fleet innovation programmes at Openreach. Now leading fleet strategy at SGN, Chris is shaping a safer, more sustainable and future ready commercial fleet through progressive compliance, electrification and operational transformation.
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Kristopher Parkes
Fleet manager, Speedy
Kris has been in the fleet industry for 6 years with extensive experience in transitioning fleets to electric and alternative fuel vehicles. Leveraging a strong background in IT and data, Kris brings a data-driven approach to optimising fleet efficiency and sustainability. From navigating the complexities of EV adoption to implementing cutting-edge telematics and data governance systems, Kris is dedicated to driving both operational and environmental impact in fleet management.
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Lucy Stuart
head of fleet & logistics, Cadent
Worked for Cadent in a variety of project manager, transition and risk management roles for over 10 years before taking the Role as Head of Fleet & Logistics 16 months ago.
Responsible for a fleet of 3,000 LCVs, 1,200 company cars and six tractor units, all fulfilling a range of business-critical roles.
I am a passionate advocate for diversity, equity and inclusivity, and previously co-chaired Cadent’s Women in Cadent group, which addresses perceptions around roles which are traditionally seen as male positions and was responsible for setting up the Menopause support group.
I have recently agreed to join the steering group for the new Fleet News initiative Empowering Women in Fleet.
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Stephen Briers
group editor, Fleet News
Stephen Briers has been an automotive business journalist for more than 30 years, starting his career with vehicle accident repair title Body Magazine in 1993.

He joined Emap in 1998 and was editor of leading franchised dealer publication Automotive Management from 2002-2009 during which time he was named Emap Automotive’s editor of the year.

Editor of Fleet News since 2009, with the brand winning Bauer Media’s website of the year in 2011, Stephen was promoted to group editor of Fleet News and Automotive Management in 2015, overseeing the content strategy across digital, social media and events. Since October 2023, his portfolio of brands also includes RAIL magazine.
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