Europcar Mobility Group accelerates the integration of Buchbinder Holdings & is appointing Hubert Terstappen as new COO for i...
28 Juin 2019 - 08:00AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Germany is one of the historical key markets for the Europcar
Mobility Group (Paris:EUCAR). In 2017, the Group
acquired Buchbinder Holdings, one of the local market leaders of
car rental and light commercial vehicle rental. With first steps of
integration and synergies achieved in 2018, the German subsidiary
of the Group is now accelerating the integration of Buchbinder,
appointing Hubert Terstappen as its new COO (Chief Operations
Officer), effective July 1st, to cover the full scope of the
Group’s operations in the country.
Europcar Mobility Group Germany, subsidiary of Europcar Mobility
Group, is operating 3 core brands of the Group - Europcar, Ubeeqo,
InterRent – and a local brand, Buchbinder.
With a combined revenue of circa €800m, Europcar Mobility Group
Germany is one of the largest mobility providers in this market and
has the ambition to grow, offering a wide range of mobility
solutions fitting with the various mobility needs of customers, be
it for one hour, one day, one week or more.
In this endeavour, integration is key. After having strongly
integrated Ubeeqo into its operations framework, Europcar Mobility
Group Germany is now speeding up the integration of Buchbinder, by
pooling operations of the different businesses.
To support this integration, Hubert Terstappen, Co-Managing
Director of Buchbinder, is appointed COO (Chief Operations Officer)
of Europcar Mobility Group Germany and as such, joins the Executive
Committee of the German perimeter. He will work closely with Stefan
Vorndran, Europcar Mobility Group Germany Managing Director.
Besides, Hubert Terstappen remains Co-Managing Director of
Buchbinder, along with Konrad Altenbuchner.
Hubert Terstappen has more than 30 years experience in the
mobility business. He started his career at Haniel Logistic
Düsseldorf and then joined the car rental company founded by his
father, Hubert Paul Terstappen. In 1992, he became managing
director of the Terstappen KG, which was integrated into Buchbinder
in 2013. As Co-Managing Director of Buchbinder Holdings since 2013,
he highly contributed to the integration of Terstappen KG into
Buchbinder and is currently responsible for strategy, sales &
marketing, operations, administration and fleet in the company.
Olivier Baldassari, Group’s Chief Countries and Operations
Officer comments: “We are today a leading mobility service company
that unites many strong brands under one flag. We operate a very
concrete business, at a very large scale, to daily serve our 7.7 m
active customers base: it is a granular, localized, expert, and
profitable business. In Germany, we are building a powerful
battleship, relying on 4 brands with differentiated value
propositions, addressing various mobility needs. We now need to
connect these brands even more closely, joining fleet management
expertises from our different businesses, intensifying synergies
generation and cross-fertilisation. In this context, the
appointment of Hubert Terstappen is a real asset, which will
reinforce our strong positions in Germany and support the growth
story that we have in this country.”
About Europcar Mobility Group
Europcar Mobility Group is a major player in mobility markets
and listed on Euronext Paris. The mission of Europcar Mobility
Group is to be the preferred “Mobility Service Company” by offering
alternative attractive solutions to vehicle ownership, with a wide
range of mobility-related services: vehicle-rental, chauffeur
services, car-sharing, scooter-sharing and peer-to-peer car-rental.
Customers’ satisfaction is at the heart of the Group’s mission and
all of its employees and this commitment fuels the continuous
development of new services. Europcar Mobility Group operates
through multi brands meeting every customer specific needs; its 4
major brands being: Europcar® - the European leader in vehicle
rental services, Goldcar® - the most important low-cost car-rental
company in Europe, InterRent® – ‘mid-tier’ brand focused on leisure
and Ubeeqo® – one of the European leaders in car-sharing (BtoB,
BtoC). Europcar Mobility Group delivers its mobility solutions
worldwide solutions through an extensive network in 137 countries
(including 20 wholly owned subsidiaries in Europe, 2 in Australia
and New Zealand, franchises and partners).
Further details on our website:
www.europcar-mobility-group.com
About Europcar Mobility Group Germany
The German subsidiary of Europcar Mobility Group operates 4
brands:
● Europcar: the N°1 brand in Europe for car rental and light
commercial vehicle rental. Approx. 500 branches and 50.000 vehicles
in the fleet in Germany.
● Buchbinder and InterRent, jointly represented in Germany and
Austria, with approx. 160 branches and 30.000 vehicles in the
fleet
- InterRent is a car rental mid-tier brand, leisure-focused, with
an international footprint.
- Buchbinder is one of the leading vehicle rental operators in
Germany.
● Ubeeqo: the European leader of round-trip car sharing (B2B,
B2C) is present in Germany in Hamburg and Berlin, with a total
fleet of 3.500 vehicles.
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