Get to Know… James Hunter, truck and trailer’s Recently Appointed Head of Sales

Where are you from originally? 

I’m from Johannesburg in South Africa, but I moved to the UK in 2016 with my wife and two of my three sons.

What was your first job?

I was a Management Trainee at Unitrans Bulk, a transport company.

What job(s) did you have before joining DGTT? 

In South Africa, I was a shareholder in two companies; one was a national courier of sensitive cargo and we held the Apple accounts as well as those of a number of other large brands such as Estee Lauder. The other was a very small, niche truck rental business closely aligned to the courier business.

One of my most vivid memories from that time is having to have armed guards in cars escorting our shipments to protect them from being hijacked!

When did you join DGTT? 

October 2019.

What was your first job at DGTT? 

Head of Remarketing for Dawsondirect, our used truck and trailer sales business.

What’s your current job and what does it involve? 

Head of Sales for both truck and trailer and Dawsondirect.

I’m still relatively new to the truck and trailer role. At the moment, it involves getting to know the business from a contract hire/rental perspective and building a team of sales professionals who can support the business into the future. The rate of change we’ll experience over the next 10 to 15 years will be exceptional and we need to align our resources, both internally and externally, in order to take advantage of the opportunities that will present themselves.

What’s been the highlight of your time at DGTT? 

The success of Dawsondirect over the past few years has been fantastic. Whilst I acknowledge that we’ve worked in a favourable market, the team has put in a huge effort to deliver the sales they’ve achieved.