The Institute of Car Fleet Management has appointed Stephen Chater as a director and deputy chairman.
Chater has more than 25 years’ experience within the industry, mainly within the BMW group, both in senior management and commercial roles.
He spent five years as the UK head of learning and development at the BMW Academy where he launched the BMW group training facility. He then became the sales development and network CRM manager and more recently he has been the head of fleet and business sales at BMW.
He is currently BMW’s general manager of product and market planning.
“I am passionate about advancing training and education in the automotive industry and am looking forward to supporting Paul in growing the Institute in the interests of both our members and the fleet industry as a whole,” said Chater.