Talking Business: Stephen Hunt of LaSer UK

IN THE first of a new series of interviews with some of the region’s top executives and entrepreneurs, Stephen Hunt, chief executive of LaSer UK, talks to editor Marc Reeves, and KPMG regional chairman Steve Hollis

“WE’RE a bit grumpy. We’re never satisfied.”

Coming halfway through a pleasant conversation over lunch with one of the most quietly spoken and amiable business people in the region, this statement came as a bit of a shock.

It was made by Stephen Hunt, chief executive of LaSer UK, the credit management business based in Solihull, which, like its leader, is softly spoken, but exudes a quiet confidence in its rapid recent growth.

Grumpy he certainly isn’t, but in the context of constantly seeking the next improvement, the next opportunity, there’s a controlled impatience in the way Hunt steers LaSer towards its next ambitious growth targets.