Woods takes senior role at Flowbird

YourParkingSpace CEO will lead digital transforation work

A new management team has been appointed to lead payment technology company Flowbird’s UK parking business.

Danny Hassett, managing director of Flowbird UK parking services, will remain in the top leadership team and is joined by two new appointments.

Harrison Woods moves from his previous position of chief executive and co-founder of YourParkingSpace, the parking technology business acquired by Flowbird in July 2022.

Harrison Woods has been given the remit of leading the digital transformation of Flowbird parking services.

Flowbird Parking UK is seeking to grow ambitions through enhancing and launching digital solutions for both public sector and private parking operators.

Woods will also be joining the executive committee of Flowbird Group, whose head offices are

Collins joins Smart Transport Hub

Smart Transport Hub has appointed Ayanda Collins as its operations director. She joins the consultancy from Islington Council in north London where she worked on cycling and walking projects for over five years.

While working at Islington she oversaw the delivery of the peoplefriendly streets programme including 35 School Streets, seven low traffic neighbourhoods and three pop-up cycleways.

At Smart Transport Hub Collins will look after the consultancy’s relationship with key clients, and represent its move to providing an end-to-end services.

in Paris, France.

Harrison Woods said: “I’m thrilled to be taking this position at Flowbird UK in a very exciting time for the company. Flowbird is the global leader for parking and urban mobility, operating in 4,350 cities, which is a fantastic base to develop new tech- nologies and services for our clients. I’m very excited to begin working with Danny Hassett and the rest of the UK team to unify on-street and off-street in the parking market while collaborating with the global business units to deliver our vision for urban mobility on a global scale.”

Also making the move from YourParkingSpace is Chris Woods who becomes chief financial officer of Flowbird UK parking services.

Brannan Coady will replace Harrison Woods as chief executive of YourParkingSpace.

Frédéric Beylier, chief executive of Flowbird Group, said: “I’m delighted to have Harrison on board and working closely with Danny. We’re embarking on a crucial moment in Flowbird’s parking evolution to enhance our urban mobility digital solutions in this environmental transition period.

“Brannan and Chris are key leaders in the exceptional journey of YourParkingSpace in the UK and other geographies. To sustain and build on our position as the world leader in parking and urban mobility, a team with a proven track record of driving technological change is necessary.

“They bring the ambition and vision to drive our parking UK business position at the forefront of our global strategy.”