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10 nov 20

Meet the Fleet Europe Awards Finalists

In 2020 even more than in other years, fleet and mobility managers deserve to get recognition for their efforts to harmonise processes, improve safety and adopt new technologies. This year’s Fleet Europe Awards will do precisely that, for the first time on an online platform. Who will step into the footsteps of Jorge Fernández, 2019 Global Fleet Manager of the Year?

The Awards

Global Fleet Manager of the Year

This award goes to the person or team within a multinational company that leads his company’s fleet and mobility programme on at least two continents and looks at the degree of internationalisation, procurement efficiency, process harmonisation, policies around Safety, Green and Mobility, employee satisfaction etc.

European Fleet & Mobility Manager of the Year

With this award, Fleet Europe rewards the team or person that has shown the best deployment of a programme that combines the strengths of procurement efficiency and supplier management with the optimisation of vehicle emissions and safety and attention for new and alternative mobility solutions.

European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year

This award goed to the person or team that can show a substantial contribution to the company’s vehicle fleet strategy in terms of policy harmonisation, process efficiencies, partner and supplier selection and cost optimisation.

European Green Fleet Manager of the Year

The European Green Fleet Manager of the Year is the person or team that can show an improvement related to the vehicle fleet emission strategy with a focus on vehicle and powertrain selection, fuel efficiency optimisation and innovation in ecofriendliness.

European Smart Mobility Manager of the Year

This is the award for the person or team that has implemented a strategy for the complete employee community, offering them alternative and innovative mobility modes alongside the company car, resulting in a programme that leads to more efficient mobility in terms of cost, time and carbon footprint.

European Fleet Safety Manager of the Year

The European Fleet Safety Manager of the Year goes to the person or team with the most outstanding project in the field of vehicle fleet and driver safety, with a focus on innovation and efficiency.

The Finalists

Sakkos Kostas

  • Global Category Manager
  • Abbott
  • 14,678 vehicles worldwide (6,256 in Europe)
  • Categories: Global Fleet Manager of the Year; European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year

Wojciech Regucki

  • EMEA Fleet Manager
  • Abbvie
  • 15,000 vehicles worldwide (4,800 in Europe)
  • Categories: European Fleet and Mobility Manager of the Year; European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year

Peter Boros

  • EMEA Fleet Manager
  • Citibank
  • 2,771 vehicles worldwide (1,046 in Europe)
  • Categories: European Fleet and Mobility Manager of the Year; Smart Mobility Manager of the Year; European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year; European Fleet Safety Manager of the Year; European Green Fleet Manager of the Year

Carlo Rietveld

  • Global Category Manager Mobility
  • Ericsson
  • 9,369 vehicles worldwide (4,622 in Europe)
  • Categories: European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year

Jean-Philippe Caraes

  • Strategic Supply Manager – Vehicle Management
  • Hilti Corporation
  • 14,034 vehicles worldwide (8,000 in Europe)
  • Categories: Global Fleet Manager of the Year; European Green Fleet Manager of the Year

Pim De Weerd

  • Global Mobility Manager
  • Philips
  • 12,000 vehicles worldwide (4,500 in Europe)
  • Categories: Global Fleet Manager of the Year; European Fleet and Mobility Manager of the Year; European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year; European Smart Mobility Manager of the Year

Steffen Krautwasser

  • Head of Global Car Fleet
  • SAP
  • 26,800 vehicles worldwide (23,500 in Europe)
  • Categories: European Green Fleet Manager of the Year


Paola Felcaro
Paulina Denesi

Paola Felcaro and Paulina Denesi

  • EMEA Indirect Procurement Fleet Team
  • Schneider Electric
  • 15,800 vehicles worldwide (9,950 in Europe)
  • Categories: European Fleet Procurement Manager of the Year

Join the Fleet Europe Summit and Awards

The 2020 Fleet Europe Awards will be presented on 18 November 2020, the second day of the 2020 Fleet Europe Summit, which will be organised fully digital.

Join us at the Fleet Europe Summit on 17-18 November.

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Image: Jorge Fernández, 2019 Global Fleet Manager of the Year (Roche)

Authored by: Benjamin Uyttebroeck