David Savage has joined fleet technology specialist Lightfoot as chief revenue officer to drive forward the company’s growth plans and international expansion.

David Savage joins Lightfoot as chief revenue officer

In the newly created role, Savage will draw on his 20 years of leadership experience driving commercial growth across the mobility, automotive and technology sectors.

Savage most recently held the role of vice president for the UK and Ireland at telematics giant Geotab and has also worked at mobility provider Freenow, where he’s credited with driving double-digit growth and expanded operations significantly.

His track record includes scaling B2B and B2B2C sales operations, leading high-performing teams and executing go-to-market strategies that deliver measurable results.

His appointment supports Lightfoot’s accelerating plans for multi-market expansion.

Savage said: “Our plans for growth across the continent are ambitious and, with our proven technology and demonstrable results, I know we can make significant progress on reducing risk on the roads and supporting decarbonisation efforts for European fleets.

“Our plans extend even further afield too, and I am looking forward to leading the global expansion, reinforcing the key safety, emission reduction and cost saving features that have made Lightfoot such a unique and highly successful company in the UK.”

Lightfoot has already made a series of managerial changes this year to support expansion, with Paul Hollick moving up to the role of CEO and Rupert Lyon-Taylor named chief customer officer.

Hollick added: “Bringing on board such a knowledgeable, experienced and skilled professional as David is a huge boost to the Lightfoot team as we ramp up our international expansion, while also continuing to partner with more fleets in UK – to add to the hundreds who already use our technology.

“Businesses take decarbonisation and safety very seriously, and we know our innovative offering will continue to provide fleet operators with the data and insight to build safer and more efficient vehicle operations.

“We have achieved so much as a business in the past few years and I look forward to David contributing to our further success.”