AMI Announces New Positions
AMI Leasing and Fleet Management Services announced that John R. Buxton of West Roxbury, Mass. has been appointed to the position of director of CLP Operations. He will be based at AMI Leasing’s Corporate Headquarters in Worcester, Mass.
As Director, he will oversee the backroom operations for Ford’s Commercial Lease Plus (CLP) product, which is a commercial lease program offered through Ford dealers and Ford Credit.
Buxton most recently served as manager, National Accounts and previously , as a regional sales manager for AMI Leasing. He has more than 11 years of experience in the fleet leasing business. Before joining AMI in 1999, he served in management positions with GE Capital Fleet Services in Westboro, Mass., and Ryder TRS, Inc. in Atlanta and Boston. He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
AMI Leasing also announced that Christopher R. Lemoine of Rutland, Mass. has been named assistant vice president for administrative services and will be based at AMI’s corporate headquarters in Worcester.
In his new position, he will be responsible for vehicle purchasing, non-resale purchasing, insurance and safety, registration and permitting, and new vehicle delivery. He will also assume other management functions, including supervision of the Company Car Program.
He previously served as director of CLP Operations, overseeing the backroom operations for Ford Credit’s Commercial Lease Plus (CLP) product, which is a commercial lease program offered through Ford dealers and Ford Credit. Before that, he served as an AMI Truck Account representative and as a CLP product manager. Before joining AMI Leasing more than nine years ago, he served as a sales account representative for Atlas Distributing in Auburn, Mass. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Assumption College in Worcester.
AMI Leasing, headquartered in Worcester, Mass., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ford Credit. With approximately 34,000 vehicles nationwide, AMI is one of the largest full-service fleet management companies in the industry. AMI operates 25 sales and service facilities with more than 650 employees.
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