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Join this Fleet News webinar to understand the vital role that charging infrastructure (workplace, public, home), energy planning, payments and reimbursements play in ensuring a seamless and sustainable move to electric for fleets and their drivers.

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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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Duncan Webb
Fleet Director, the AA
Duncan leads the iconic AA Fleet in the UK, with responsibility for over 12,000 vehicles. An accountant by trade, his fleet career now spans over 25 years running and providing service to the largest fleets across the UK.
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James Rooney
Head of road fleet, Network Rail
Head of Fleet at Network Rail, joining in January 2023 after 10 years working for Centrica’s (British Gas) fleet.
Responsible for managing nearly 10,000 vehicles end to end with a mix of cars, vans and HGV’s all having uptime and performance at it’s heart to support Britain’s railway infrastructure.

Keen to ensure safety and compliance, he holds a Transport Manager and Driver CPC and in 2022 completed the AFP Advanced course, attaining the Outstanding Achievement Award, and making him a Fellow of the Association of Fleet Professionals.

Key on the agenda for the next 5 years is the swift and diligent transition to Zero Emissions Vehicles with particular attention to cost control and end user experience.
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Judy O'Keefe
Director - Fleet Management, openreach
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Matt Davies
Director, Octopus Fleet
Matt is the founder of Octopus Electroverse, the world’s largest consumer charging platform, and Octopus Fleet, bringing together a range of fleet services from Octopus Group.
Octopus Electroverse brings together more than a million charge points from over a thousand different Charge Point Operators across the globe to provide simple and smart charging experiences for EV drivers, EV fleets, and for integrations with vehicle OEMs. Electroverse also leverages Octopus’s position as an energy tech leader to bring energy flexibility to the world of public charging, showing how EV drivers can be engaged through innovations such as ‘Plunge Pricing’, sector-specific charging discounts, and world-class UX. Before Electroverse, Matt was Director of Operations & Customer Experience at Octopus Energy for Business, and spent a lot of time designing energy products for Charge Point Operators - products which now power almost 50% of the UK's charging market.
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Mike Roberts
managing editor, Fleet News
Mike Roberts returned to Fleet News in 2021 having previously been its news editor in the early 2000s.
He is now managing editor for Fleet News, AM and Rail in the Bauer B2B portfolio. Prior to this he was managing editor of Fleet News' sister-title Smart Transport.
Mike started his career in local newspapers in the 1990s and has since worked on several specialist titles, both in print and online.
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