Meet The Team
Corporate
Jason Smith
Corporate Sales Manager
Jason brings almost 20 years of fleet sales experience to Benfield Corporate Motoring. Starting out life with local Ford dealer RH Patterson before progressing to North East Audi as Corporate Sales Manager, he is a passionate ambassador for the company and is a keen musician in his spare time.
jason.smith@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 08451483010
Gemma Hutchinson
Fleet Administrator
Gemma joins us from the locally, high profile Northern Rock Building Society where she worked within the busy insurance division. She also has a past experience of law – working within the conveyancing department of a local firm. She recently joined Benfield Corporate Motoring to help improve administrative processes and to support the ever growing sales team. In her spare time she enjoys working out in her local gym and spending time with friends and family.
gemma.hutchinson@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3010
Anthony Pescod
Key Account Manager
Anthony began his working life with the Tom Cowie Group. Latterly known as Masterlease, Anthony played a key role within the vehicle acquisition and dealer management team. He currently plays a vital role in ensuring large volumes of orders are handled with accuracy and care. Anthony is a keen football fan and can be found coaching an under 10’s team at the weekends.
Anthony.pescod@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 08451483010
Sarah Huitson
Trainee Account Manager
Sarah has been in customer care since leaving school and held various positions in the banking sector and the motor trade before joining Benfield Corporate in 2011. She is a passionate ambassador of customer care and enjoys a loyal following as a result. A lady with a unique sense of humour, she looks forward to weekends shared with family and friends and has an interest in classic home interior design.
sarah.huitson@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3010
Laura Mcleod
Trainee Key Account Manager
Laura began working life as an administrator with one of Newcastle’s premier law firms. This early experience in a busy environment has proven invaluable during her first 18 months with Benfield and she has brought some great initiatives to the role. To her own surprise and delight Laura has quickly gained confidence in discussing motor mechanical issues under the watchful eye of Tom Wheatley. She is currently on a get-fit campaign and, we are told, making great progress!
laura.mcleod@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3010
Claire Donoghue
Key Account Team Leader
Claire came to Benfield Corporate with over 17 years of motor industry experience. She has a unique ability to supervise large throughput with a zen-like calmness, rarely seen in the industry. Her ability to identify ways of doing things better for our customers is making a significant difference. Outside of work she looks forward to socialising with friends, fine wine and taking in the occasional rom-com at the cinema.
claire.donoghue@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3010
Contract Hire
Carl Moffett
General Manager Contract Hire
Carl has worked in the fleet industry for over 10 years, managing the operations of an 11,000 vehicle fleet and 64,000 warranty business. He has recently returned to the motor industry following a 5 years “sabbatical” working for a successful local tea business as their Finance Director. Carl is a Chartered Accountant by trade, having qualified with PriceWaterhouse Coopers in the late 90's but his real passion is cars. Carl brings a wealth of experience to the business, having worked in both the fleet supply industry and as a customer running a fleet of 270 vehicles. His analytical focus allows him to fully appraise your fleet and offer the most commercial and tax efficient solution for your business, by applying a range of fleet modelling tools
carl.moffett@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3020
Claire Peacock
Operations Manager
Claire began her motor trade career working as a Fleet Administrator for Vardy Contract Motoring quickly working her way up to management level. Here she managed a team of 10 people and overseen funding and purchasing for the business. After a brief stint at Black Horse finance, dealing predominantly in vehicle finance Claire made the move across to Benfields own contract hire department. Initially taking the position as sales and moving on to her new position of operations manager. Her previous experience in fleet and finance make her the ideal person to help expand the business. Claire enjoys socialising with family and friends.
claire.peacock@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3020
Gemma Reay
Financial Controller
Gemma began her motor trade career working as a Fleet Administrator within the Tom Cowie Group. From here she changed her career path and became the dealership accountant moving onto the Springfield Group. Gemma came to Benfield approximately 10 years ago and has strived to make a difference ever since. Her straight talking, no nonsense approach has given her the opportunity to manage some of Benfield's larger sites. This previous experience puts her in a great position to oversee the financial running of both the corporate and contract hire departments. In her spare time Gemma enjoys spending time with her 2 dogs, Monty and Marley.
gemma.reay@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 08451483020
Dave Rowell
Warranty Controller
Dave began working life as a technician for Wingrove Motors, he quickly worked his way up to the position of service manager at the tender age of just 24. Alongside this role, Dave also worked as manager at Perdal developments, while at Perdal developments they built one of the 1st Citroens to compete in the Paris to Dakar Rally! Dave Joined Benfield back in 1983 and has held a number of positions around the business. These have varied from Audi master technician to service and bodyshop manager and in each role Dave has excelled. When Benfield contract Motoring were looking for a replacement Warranty and Maintenance controller Dave's experience made him the perfect choice. He has also recently undertaken the role of disposals co-ordinator for the department. Dave is usually found on the Golf course at weekends trying to perfect his swing or entertaining his 4 grandchildren. .
dave.rowell@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 08451483020
Kellie Hunt
Internet Sales Specialist
Kellie has worked within the motor industry now for over 8 years, starting out in administration and was key in helping to establish Benfield Corporate Motoring. She now has a great deal of experience with both large and small clients and has taken up the challenge of managing the new Benfield Corporate Motoring website. In her spare time Kellie enjoys Motorbikes, photography and learning to speak Italian.
kellie.hunt@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3020
Ellysha Pollard
Accounts Administrator
Ellysha joins us from a leading imaging and diagnostic company where she held a key role as the unit coordinator within her local hospital. She recently joined Benfield contract motoring to undertake a challenging role within accounts. She currently looks after the Benfield Assist insurance policies and does the day to day accounting for both Corporate Motoring and Contract Hire. In her spare time Ellysha enjoys keeping fit and spending time with family and friends.
ellysha.pollard@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3020
Lisa Parker
Contract Motoring Controller
Lisa began working life as a dental nurse followed by a management role within Orange customer services dept. Her motor industry roles began with Citroen in Newcastle where she multi tasked between sales admin, accounts in sales and aftersales. A busy role if ever there was one! A period with Saab followed before starting with Benfield as Controller within the busy leasing department. Lisa is responsible for preparing finance documents, maintenance of contracts and general administration support. Lisa enjoys reading and spending time with family.
lisa.parker@benfieldmotorgroup.com
Tel: 0845 148 3020
