Hughes is Twin’s head of sales

New face joins electric vehicle charging and parking platform team

Gareth Hughes has been appointed as head of sales at Twin, a company that has developed a platform that manages payments for both parking and electric vehicle charging. Hughes will be responsible for establishing routes to market and driving sales for Twin’s payment app and terminals.

The appointment marks a return to parking for Hughes, who was previously head of sales (North) for APCOA Parking.

“I began my parking career in 2000 and entered the very first British Parking Awards in 2002 – the entry was for Bow Street car park in Bolton where we had installed a women-only floor in the multi-storey car park. I think we were runners up and the ladies only floor is still in place 22 years later.

“I left the parking sector in 2015 to focus on the growing EV charging market. Until Twin came along these two sectors have always been mutually exclusive to one another.

“I was tempted back into parking by Ashley Kelley, the owner of Twin, to drive sales and raise the profile of Twin and more importantly to unite the parking and EV charging sectors.

“Twin is the first universal payment solution for parking, EV charging or both and I immediately saw the benefits of joining