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Alexandre de Juniac has almost three decades of experience in both the private and public sectors. This includes senior positions in the airline and aerospace industries and the French government.
Alexandre de Juniac served on the IATA Board of Governors (2013-2016), and took on the role of Director General and CEO from September 2016 to March 2021. Prior to this, he was Chairman and CEO of Air France-KLM (2013-2016), and Chairman and CEO of Air France (2011-2013). Under his leadership, Air France and Air France-KLM underwent a successful restructuring that improved efficiency and strengthened performance. He also spent 14 years at French aerospace, space, defense, security and transportation company Thales, and its predecessor companies Thomson-CSF and Thomson SA (1995-2009). In his last position at Thales, Alexandre de Juniac was responsible for the company’s operations and sales in Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America.
Alexandre de Juniac has held positions in the French government. His career began with the Conseil d’Etat (State Council) from 1988 to 1993. Subsequently, he served in the Department of Budget (1993-1995) ; and in the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Employment as Chief of Staff to then Minister Christine Lagarde (2009-2011).
A French citizen, Alexandre de Juniac is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique de Paris and Ecole Nationale de l’Administration.
Caroline Parot is Europcar Mobility Group’s CEO. She joined the Group in 2011 and was appointed CFO in March 2012. In 2016, she is appointed CEO of Europcar Group. The Group has been renamed Europcar Mobility Group in May 2018, to reflect the transformation that Caroline is leading: leveraging on its historical car rental business, the Group is now a "mobility service company", providing a wide range of mobility solutions and services, thus offering alternative attractive solutions to vehicle ownership.
Since 2017, Caroline Parot, is also board member of Ingenico and more recently of Entreprises pour la Cité.
Previously, she had occupied the positions of Group Management Controller (2009-2011) and member of the Executive Committee (2010-2011) within the Technicolor Group.
She holds a Masters in Finance from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and a DEA in Mathematical Economics from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.
Martine Gerow has joined Pepsico in the United States in 1989, before being appointed as interim CFO at BN in France in 1995 and then CFO of Pepsico France in 1998. She then joined Groupe Danone in 2002 as CFO of the Beverages division, before becoming Financial Controller for the entire Group in 2005.
In 2007, Martine Gerow joined Campofrio Food Group in Madrid as CFO, before returning to France in 2010 to become Deputy Managing Director in charge of finance at Solocal Group (PagesJaunes). In 2014, she joined Carlson Wagonlit Travel as Executive Vice President and CFO. In 2017, Martine moved to London to become Executive Vice President Finance of American Express Global Business Travel, a position she holds today.
Martine Gerow is Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Keolis. Previously, she held the offices of Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of Bpifrance Participations and member of the Audit Committee of HSBC France.
Martine Gerow graduated from HEC Paris and holds an MBA from Columbia University in New York.
Carl Leaver is Chairman of Lebara, a telecommunications company controlled by private equity firms Alchemy and Triton, and Chairman of TopHat Enterprises, a manufacturer and developer of modular housing majority-owned by Goldman Sachs. He was previously Chairman of Eircom Group in Ireland, which he helped to sell in April 2018, and Carluccio’s.
Carl’s most recent executive role was as Group Chief Executive of Gala Coral, where he led a turnaround of the business before merging with Ladbrokes plc in November 2017, delivering substantial returns for its private equity shareholders. Subsequent to the merger, as Executive Deputy Chairman, he took responsibility for integrating the two businesses realising cost synergies of over £160m per annum, before negotiating headline terms for the sale of the combined business to GVC plc as he left the Company.
Prior to Gala Coral, Carl was Director of International, Home and Direct at Marks & Spencer, CEO of De Vere Group plc and Managing Director of Travel Inn, now Premier Inn. Before this, he held a number of positions in the hotel industry and traded equity derivatives at Nomura, having started his career on the Mars graduate programme.
Simon Franks founded a number of successful businesses including the first company in Europe to stream moving images over the internet and Redbus Film Distribution “RFD”, (now Lionsgate) the fastest growing company in the UK between 1999 and 2003, for which he won the Sunday Times Fast Track. After RFD was acquired by Lionsgate Inc., Simon Franks served for 3 years as special advisor to the CEO and oversaw M&A in Europe and Australia.
Simon Franks was a co-founder of LoveFilm, subsequently bought by Amazon Inc and founder of Redbus Ventures, which is one of the most active funders of early stage companies in the UK. In 2013, Simon Franks was selected as one of the world’s 100 top innovators as part of the “BA Ungrounded” campaign for the G8 summit.
Since 2009, Simon Franks has also focused on philanthropy, establishing the Franks Family Foundation. The FFF runs educational and paediatric health initiatives in Cambodia, Laos and Nepal. The FFF’s New Generation Schools program has been highlighted by the OECD as one of the most impactful interventions in education in the developing world. Simon Franks is a also member of the Cambodian government board overseeing NGS Schools, International Chairman of The Lake Clinic, advisor to Tilganga Hospital in Kathmandu and co-founder of the only modern and free paediatric hospital in Laos.
Caroline Parot is Europcar Mobility Group’s CEO. She joined the Group in 2011 and was appointed CFO in March 2012. In 2016, she is appointed CEO of Europcar Group. The Group has been renamed Europcar Mobility Group in May 2018, to reflect the transformation that Caroline is leading: leveraging on its historical car rental business, the Group is now a "mobility service company", providing a wide range of mobility solutions and services, thus offering alternative attractive solutions to vehicle ownership.
Previously, she had occupied the positions of Group Management Controller (2009-2011) and member of the Executive Committee (2010-2011) within the Technicolor Group.
She holds a Masters in Finance from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and a DEA in Mathematical Economics from the Pantheon-Sorbonne University.
Fabrizio Ruggiero joined the Group in May 2011 and was appointed Deputy CEO in March 2015.
As Deputy CEO, Fabrizio Ruggiero oversees the Service Lines and the Vans & Trucks BU, as well as e-Commerce, Sales, Brand Management, Customer Engagement and International Partner Development. Before that, he had various responsibilities within the Group: Managing Director of Italy, Group Head of Mobility Solutions, then Deputy CEO Sales, Marketing, Customers and Low Cost and more recently, Deputy CEO in charge of the Group's Business Units.
From 2004 to 2011 he was General Manager of the Italian company Leasys, a company controlled by Fiat Group Automobiles Financial Services and Crédit Agricole and a leader in the car leasing business in Italy. Also at Leasys, he served as Director of Sales and Marketing from 2005 to 2007 and as Director of Operations from 2004 to 2005.
Prior to these experiences, Fabrizio Ruggiero worked for Bain & Company Italy, as manager from 2000 to 2004, and for Accenture as a consultant from 1997 to 2000.
He holds a Masters in business management from the MIP Politecnico di Milano (1999) and a management diploma from the Università degli Studi di Roma (1995).
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).
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.
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.
José María Gonzalez has more than 20 years of experience within the Group, where he held different positions including Managing Director of Europcar Mobility Group Spain.
He joined the Group Executive Committee in December 2018, as Managing Director of the Cars BU. In that role, José-Maria Gonzales was in charge of the acceleration of the transformation of the historical business of the Group, relying on digitalization and lean structure programs.
In the context of the "CONNECT 2023" transformation plan of the Group, he took on new responsibilities in July 2020, as Managing Director Southern Europe and Australia / New Zealand.
Denis Langlois is member of Executive Committee since October 2017, as Group Human Resources Director.
Preivously, 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).
Yvonne Leuschner joined the Group in 2017, as Managing Director Vans & Trucks Business Unit and member of the Executive Committee.
Previously, Yvonne Leuschner was Senior Director “Rent a Truck” at Sixt GmbH, from 2007 to 2017. She also served as Sales Operations Manager at Lidl in Ireland (2004-2007).
Luc Peligry joined the Groupe in January 2018, Group Chief Financial Officer, member of the Executive Committee.
Before joining the Group, he was General Manager, Finance & Operations at Pierre Fabre Laboratoires (2011-2017). Previously, he held the same position at Invivo NSA (2001 – 2010) and was formerly Chief Finance Officer in charge of synergies within the Total Group (1998 – 2000). He started his career at KPMG, Deloitte and Credit du Nord).
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.
Damien Basselier joined the Group in 2019, as Group Chief Technology Officer, member of the Executive Committee. Early 2020, he took over the responsibilities of the Group’s Product teams, as Group Chief Product and Chief Technology Officer.
Damien Basselier was previously Chief Information Officer at Smartbox Group in Dublin, where he led the company's digital transformation.
An engineer by training, Damien Basselier has more than 20 years of experience in universes with a strong technological and digital component, whether for start-ups or large international groups such as Vivendi, Cegetel and Cap Gemini.
In 2017, our Group initiated a structured CSR approach with the « Commit Together » program, in order to share its commitments with all of its employees on various aspects of Corporate Social Responsability. By focusing on 4 main priorities, the « Commit Together » program supports both the Group’s strategy and its purpose: offering attractive alternatives to vehicle ownership, in a responsible and sustainable way.
We are convinced that mobility should be inclusive, not excluding! Mobility can be a lever for social inclusion and accessing to mobility is key.
That's why Europcar Mobility Group develops offers, services and programs for facilitating mobility for all, aiming at giving individuals as well as groups of people easy access to this great new world of mobility.
We are particularly focused on:
We live an exciting age of mobility, where mobility new usages and needs create job opportunities and require new skills to be developed.
In this fast changing context, Europcar Mobility Group success is intimately bound to:
These are the 3 pillars on which we focus our employer brand efforts, implementing specific HR policies and programs for our 12 000 employees throughout the world.
At the same time, we also want to foster the emergence of new trades and new services that will create job opportunities for tomorrow within our Group as well as within the partnerships and alliances we will set up, thus acting in favor of economic and social progress.
Aware of the global environment issues caused by massive urbanization and demographics explosion, Europcar Mobility Group wants to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.
This means that we seek to play an active role in the transition to a low carbon world.
In that combat:
We are proud of our values and dedicated to the enforcement, on a day-to-day basis, of our business ethics: we have 48 commitments and 12 objectives featured in our Ethics Code.
Of course, we want to build confidence with our customers by offering them transparent products and by improving their satisfaction.
Moreover, Europcar Mobility Group wants to promote business ethics all through its value chain with customers (BtoB, BtoC), suppliers, franchisees and employees.
This ambition translates into policies and awareness initiatives.
In 2005, the Group was the first player in the vehicle rental sector to adhere to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact. Since then, the Group has reaffirmed its commitment every year and has taken part in various initiatives aimed at sharing with other players and strengthening its CSR actions.
In 2005, the Group was the first player in the vehicle rental sector to adhere to the principles of the United Nations Global Compact. Since then, the Group has reaffirmed its commitment every year and has taken part in various initiatives aimed at sharing with other players and strengthening its CSR actions.
