On the 18th October 20007 about 320 pan-European fleet decision makers attended the 5th Fleet Europe Forum in Barcelona. Beside the analysis of the strategic trends in international fleet management, the conference programme did focus on :

• sustainable Fleet Management and green fleet best practices
• the Fleets markets of the Southern Europe region.

Discover the presentations of the industry experts who shared with the audience their knowledge and vision of international fleet management

Michel Claus
Director Eurofleet Consult
Former Chairman Fleet Synergy International

Michel Claus was the former Chairman of Fleet Synergy and a former member of Athlon’s Board of Directors. As a pioneer in the international fleet business, Mr. Claus tackled all the important changes that happened or were supposed to happen over the last 10 years. His analyses gave us interesting food for thought as he has been focusing on the three main players in the fleet business: lessors, lessees and manufacturers. He finally described which external factors stimulated the market and how this will influence our future.
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Pascal Serres
Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing,
ALD International

Pascal Serres is Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing for ALD International and he is in charge of the sales strategy of the group, the management of international corporate customers and he coordinates the group’s marketing policies. Pascal Serres looks forward to the next 10 years of international fleet management. He says that “fleet management should continue to grow steadily in the future and expand to new countries and new customer segments.”
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Jaime Requeijo
Senior Vice President Buisness Development,
LeasePlan Corporation

Jaime Requeijo has been a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and has worked for Deutsche Bank and Citibank in Spain. He later became General Manager for Royal&SunAlliance Eurolife in Spain and four years ago he joined LeasePlan. In his presentation Jaime Requeijo focuses on the impact of environmental trends on the leasing industry and on the future of fleets as they continue to go green.
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Jan Brentebraten
Director Alternative Fuel Vehicles Strategy,
Ford of Europe

Within Ford of Europe Jan Brentebraten is responsible for creating and implementing a coordinated Ford of Europe Flexifuel / Alternative Fuel Vehicles strategy and plan. Jan Brentebraten is taking us through the challenges of the car manufacturers where responding to the ecological issues is concerned. He focuses on European Green Fleet opportunities and on alternative vehicles today and tomorrow. Link to his presentation

Christoph Von Gleichen
Managing Director,
DataForce

DataForce provides the automotive industry with high quality business information about fleets and, more generally, market sales segments at an international level. Dataforce’s mission calls for “fleet market transparency for the automobile industry”. Managing Director Christophe Von Gleichen is sharing some interesting data about the Southern European fleet markets, while focussing especially on Spain, Italy and Portugal.
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Dirk Pinkvos
Head of Volkswagen Leasing

Volkswagen Leasing is the captive leasing company of Volkswagen, one of the most important fleet makes across Europe. As a member of the Board of Volkswagen Leasing, Mr. Pinkvos is giving us a look into the Southern European challenges for leasing companies in general and more particularly for Volkswagen Leasing.
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