The Group

Peter Gowers is Europcar Mobility Group’s Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Management Board since June 2022.

Peter Gowers has more than 15 years of experience within the travel industry including 8 years at FTSE-100 InterContinental Hotel Group. During these years, he has gained international experience in brands, customers, technology & transformation management in Europe, Asia & the Americas.

Peter began his career by joining the management consulting firm Arthur D. Little, as an analyst.

In 1999, he joined InterContinental Hotels Group as strategy officer and then Chief Marketing Officer. He then became Chief Executive of the Asia-Pacific region in 2007.

From 2011 to 2013, Peter led Safestore Holding as CEO.

Prior to joining Europcar Mobility Group, Peter Gowers was CEO of Travelodge Hotels, a company operating in the hotels and hospitality sector in the UK, Ireland and Spain.

Peter Gowers has graduated from a Master´s Degree in Law from Keble College at Oxford University.

Philip de Klerk is Europcar Mobility Group’s CFO and member of the management board. He joined the Group in June 2022. 

Prior to him joining Europcar Mobility Group, Philip has been Group CFO at Clarks, an international shoe manufacturer and retailer, CEO and CFO at Low & Bonar plc, building and construction materials, and CFO at regional airline Flybe.

Previously, he occupied various senior finance roles in blue chip companies like Unilever, Ineos and SABMiller. He started his career at Unilever.
 

Philip studied business economics (drs.) in Rotterdam and law (mr.) at the Open University in Heerlen. He completed his post-graduation education as register controller (RC) at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

Olivier Baldassari joined Europcar Mobility Group in January 2019. 

Previously he was VP Operations and Logistics for the USA at Rexel, where he strongly contributed to the transformation of the activity. 

He has a recognized experience in Operations and in Technology as enablers of transformation, implemented across different business environment and cultures.

Previously, he held different senior management positions at Rexel (in France and Southern Europe), Delphi Corporation and at Smurfit Kappa.

José Blanco is Group Chief Sales Officer, member of the Executive Committee, since July 2020: a role that he took on in the context of "CONNECT 2023", the transformation plan of the Group.

José Blanco was previously Managing Director of the Low-Cost BU, member of the Executive Committee, a position he assumed since June 2019. Prior to this, he was Sales and Marketing Director for Europcar Mobility Group UK and before that, he held the same position in Spain. 

José Blanco has over 20 years of experience in leisure and tourism, managing sales & marketing areas in companies such as Portaventura Park and Resort, Grandvalira Ski and Pullmantur Cruises (Royal Caribbean Group).

Aurélia Cheval joined the Group in 2015 to manage the Initial Public Offering and develop the investor relations. 

In 2017, she set up the Strategy Office to ensure on top of the definition of the Group Strategy its implementation through the Mergers & Acquisitions, as well as through a reinforced Project Management Office.

Since January 2019, she has served as Group Chief Strategy Officer, member of the Executive Committee.

Previously, she was Director of Investor Relations at Vivendi, and took part to the IPO and M&A program at SFR.

Xavier Corouge joined the Group in 2013, as Group Chief Marketing and Digital Officer, member of the Executive Committee. As such, he was in charge of Marketing, E-commerce, Direct sales and Customer relationship for all brands and markets.

He was then appointed Managing Director of the Urban Mobility Business Unit in May 2019.

In July 2020, Xavier took on the role of Group Chief Business and Customer Officer, in charge of the Service Lines of the Group, as part of the "CONNECT 2023" transformation plan of the Group.

The Service Lines -  Proximity, Leisure and Professional - are responsible for the steering and the deployment of enhanced Europcar Mobility Group mobility solutions, assuring centralized definition and consistent implementation of the offer, everywhere the Group operates.

Xavier Corouge is also member of the Board of Directors at Wanderio ; a company where Europcar Mobility Group holds a minority stake.

Prior to this, Xavier Corouge held several senior positions in the travel and digital industry, from E-Commerce Director at Thomas Cook Group to Head of Marketing and CRM at OUI.Sncf and Vivendi Group.

Denis Langlois has been a member of the Executive Committee since October 2017, as Group Human Resources Director.

Previously, he has served as VP Human Resources at Oberthur Technologies (2013-2017), at Lagardère Active (2009-2013), at Technicolor (2002-2009), and at Philips (1998-2002).

Carlos Leira joined the Group in early 2023 as Chief Product & Technology Officer, and member of the Executive Committee. He was previously Global Chief Technology Officer at Computershare, leading large dispersed global teams that served complex B2C and B2B customer needs. Prior to this, Carlos held a range of  product and technology roles with the France Telecom businesses Orange and Wanadoo including developing customer and billing platforms, financial systems and networks. Earlier in his career he worked in Consulting and Technology vendors.

A Spanish national, Carlos has spent extensive periods working in Europe and the Americas, and he holds a masters degree in Computer Engineering from Deusto, Bilbao and an MBA from Cranfield, UK, as well as a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing.

Franck Rohard joined the Group in June 2015, as Group Secretary General, member of the Executive Committee.

Prior to that, Franck Rohard held the position of Group General Counsel and Head of Legal for SFR Group. Franck also served as Head of Legal in various airline companies such as AOM Group, Air Liberté (Group) or TAT European airlines.