Our People

Paul Verhoeven

Managing Director, Australia

Paul has over 25 years of finance and leasing experience in New Zealand, the UK and Europe. Prior to his current role, Paul led our New Zealand operations. As Managing Director, FleetPartners New Zealand, he was focused on introducing technology to increase FleetPartners speed to market and customer experience, product innovation and above all, ensure all we do underpins our customer delivery proposition.

As the Managing Director of the Australian Corporate business, Paul will continue to focus on improving the customer experience and developing relationships that set the business apart. 

Giulio Persichilli

General Manager - Sales and Corporate Relationships

Giulio provides senior leadership in all areas of sales and account management, driving a team culture of excellence with the customer experience at the centre of every decision that is made.

Giulio is a qualified Accountant and holds six sigma black belt certification. Giulio has been directly involved in the fleet industry for over 18 years and, has held a number of management roles looking after both corporate and Government customers in all aspects of fleet management from vehicle buy/planning to fleet optimisation.

Giulio’s experience was gained in a number of key roles including: Customer Service Leader, Strategic Sales Leader, Operations Leader, Risk and Billing Manager.

Tony Reynolds

General Manager - Commercial Vehicle Fleet Management & Leasing

Tony has over 30 years in the automotive, finance and heavy transport industries. With an in-depth knowledge of truck and trailer specifications and fleet management, Tony and his team can advise on the best vehicle specification and lease contract to ensure your business maximises profit.

Tony leads our team of commercial vehicle specialist responsible for the implementation and oversight of commercial vehicle fleets. The commercial vehicle team under Tony’s remit provides day-to-day assistance for both key stakeholder and employees alike

Tony Williams

General Manager - Operations

Tony leads a team that delivers up the service proposition to all FleetPartners customers. His extensive experience within vehicle leasing reflects over thirty years working in fleet and asset management related areas.

Tony and his team have consistently used technology to deliver increased customer benefits.

After graduating from the University of Warwick he completed a Master’s degree with the University of Wales before embarking on a Fleet Management and finance career with the likes of Chartered Trust, Exel Logistics and Cox Automotive in senior leadership roles.

Wayne Excell

National Manager - Business Development

Wayne brings over 20 years of Sales and Relationship Management of major corporate and government accounts in Australia and the UK, incorporating 17 years in the finance and fleet management industry.

Wayne leads the FleetPartners Business Development team that is focussed on defining strategies that deliver client-owned solutions and continued new business growth for Passenger and Light Commercial fleets.

Grace Foley

HR Business Partner

Grace has 7 years’ experience in HR spanning across a variety of industries such as legal, IT, FMCG and more recently, Financial Services.

Since 2014, Grace has been supporting the FleetPartners business with a focus on leadership development, talent management and engagement.

Grace is currently studying her Masters of Human Resource Management through RMIT.

Richard Maddox

General Manager - Commercial 

Richard joined FleetPartners in 1999 after many years in corporate and commercial banking in ANZ Banking Group Limited.

During his time in FleetPartners Richard has held senior roles in Sales, Operations, Pricing and Risk.

Richard is passionate about negotiating win/win outcomes for customers and FleetPartners, and works closely with sales, the account management and delivery teams when negotiating new or renewed arrangements.

Derrick Ginger

General Manager - Government and Corporate

Having worked with a number of multinationals, as head of sales, Derrick has over the past 30 years led teams to successfully create various fleet management and leasing solutions to corporations and government bodies Australia wide.

Derrick is excited about the opportunities this role brings and looks forward to using his experience gained over the years to derive tangible savings and service efficient solutions to customers.

Academically, Derrick has an accounting background,  completed the Master of Transport Management at University of Sydney and Master in Business Administration (MBA) at University of Western Sydney.

Gary Brown

General Manager - Partner Relationships

Gary and his team look after our third party introducers which consist of aggregators, finance brokers, dealership groups and payroll companies, together with referral partners like accountants and financial planners. They pride themselves on being the fleet management company of first choice with our partners when it comes to Fully maintained Operating Lease and Novated Leasing.

With over 30 years of experience in leasing and asset finance, Gary has a thorough understanding of the marketplace having been the nominee of the finance broker licence at Bird Cameron Chartered Accountants, working for NAB Asset Finance in senior roles for close to a decade and having worked in various fleet management companies for the last 15 years.