Fleet technology specialist Lightfoot has unveiled changes to its senior management structure, paving the way for European expansion.

Paul Hollick becomes Lightfoot chief executive officer with immediate effect

Paul Hollick, who for the past three years has been managing director, is promoted to the role of chief executive officer with immediate effect, replacing Rupert Lyon Taylor who takes on the role of chief customer officer.

Hollick, who is also chair of the Association of Fleet Professionals (AFP), said: “I am delighted to be made CEO at what is an immensely exciting time as we roll out ambitious plans to expand the Lightfoot business, and our innovative decarbonisation and safety proposition, internationally.

“Businesses across Europe take decarbonisation and safety very seriously and we know our innovative offering will 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 in my new role as CEO I look forward to creating even more success for Lightfoot.”

Lyon Taylor said the timing was right for him to step back from the CEO role, commenting: “Paul has been with us for three years and led the new business sales, product, marketing and growth teams as well as being part of the executive leadership. He knows our business very well, but he also knows the sector incredibly well through his role as chair of the AFP, and extensive senior management roles at other businesses within the fleet sector.”

Lyon Taylor added that as chief customer officer, he will be putting “efforts into looking after everyone who has put their faith in our product”.

Lyon Taylor has been with Lightfoot since 2017, supporting founder Mark Roberts to grow the business before receiving investment from Volpi Capital in 2021, at which point the firm brought in Paul as Managing Director and Neil Warman as chief financial officer.

Elsewhere, Andrew Betteley has been appointed as chief technology officer, making permanent the interim role he had been fulfilling since the summer of 2024. Betteley has an extensive background in automotive technology and has been brought into the business to support and streamline Lightfoot’s engineering and development processes.