Our People

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The Southern Cross Group has always prided themselves on providing tailored solutions and always putting our customers first. As we grow, it’s paramount our customers grow with us and it’s something we are extremely passionate about.

Our team below make up the leadership and success of our business.

Owen Sommerville

Owen Sommerville

Executive Group General Manager – Southern Cross Group

Owen is our Executive Group General Manager for Southern Cross Truck Rentals, including Southern Cross Replacement Vehicles and Southern Cross Fleet Management. Owen brings a wealth of business knowledge from senior leadership roles in the private sector and is focused on upgrading the customer service, fleet management and innovation aspects of the managers of the Southern Cross Group.

Jade Jones – Director Southern Cross Truck Rentals

Jade Jones

Director Southern Cross Truck Rentals

As the counterpart to Owen in the executive team, Jade Jones drives everything that keeps SCTR running smoothly behind the scenes. Her broad experience and teams across finance, marketing, sales and HR help ensure daily operations are aligned, efficient and built on strong foundations.

AKM Hoque

AKM Hoque

Operations Manager - Southern Cross Truck Rentals

AKM Hoque leads the Southern Cross Rental division of the Southern Cross Group. AKM’s focus is on short and long term truck rental ensuring quality rental delivery to the trucking industry. AKM leads our rental clerk team and is always willing to go the extra mile for our customers.

Tamoe Tuialii – Business Development

Tamoe Tuialii

Business Development

Driving Business Development for commercial customers, Tamo plays a key role in connecting customers with the right rental truck solutions. With strong industry insight and a commitment to service, Tamo connects companies with the assets needed to scale efficiently, maintain flexibility and stay moving year-round. Always available, his commitment to ongoing support is renowned with our customers.

Owen Sommerville

Matt Clinch

Operations Manager - Southern Cross Fleet Management

Matt Clinch leads the Fleet Management team of SCFM. Matt’s focus is strengthening the lease offering of SCTR, ensuring fleet maintenance and compliance and building the SCFM brand amongst customers and suppliers. Matt prides himself on his knowledge of our fleet and is our go to man for ensuring quality vehicles for customers.