Timm Burmeister will assume the position of Commercial Director of the Europcar Mobility Group in Germany starting August 1, 2025. The 47-year-old sales expert and business administrator brings over 20 years of expertise in the car rental and service industry and began his career in car rental in 2004. Most recently, the native of Stuttgart worked as Director of Global Business Development at Torqeedo GmbH.
The Board of Directors of the Renault Group has appointed Duncan Minto as the Chief Executive Officer of Renault S.A. effective July 15, 2025. This will initially be on an interim basis until the position is permanently filled, it was stated. Minto was previously the CFO of the Renault Group and is now supposed to ensure the company's daily management together with Jean-Dominique Senard, who will hold the position of Chairman of Renault s.a.s. during this time. Minto has been with the Renault Group since 1997 and has extensive experience in finance.
Minto graduated from the University of St Andrews in Scotland and joined the Renault Group in the United Kingdom in 1997. In 2001, he moved to the finance department of the group in France, where he was responsible for investor relations. In 2006, he was appointed Finance Director of Renault-Nissan Portugal before becoming Managing Director of Renault Ireland in 2012. In 2013, Minto took on the position of CFO for the group's Asia-Pacific region and was promoted to Vice President Finance, Group Control Analysis, in 2017. In 2022, he became CFO of Dacia before becoming CFO of the Alpine brand in 2023. On March
1, 2025, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Renault Group and became a member of the leadership team.
Since July 1, Erwin Eigel has taken over as Co-Managing Director and Chairperson of Ronal Performance GmbH alongside Michael Rothhaß. Eigel has been working as Group Team Leader Aftermarket at the Ronal Group's German location in Forst since 2022. Previously, he was active for many years in various leadership positions in the aftermarket business at BBS and ATS.
Northrail brings Björn Schwarten as Chief Financial Officer into management. As of November 1, 2025, he will be responsible for the company's further development along with Dr. Volker Simmering, Chief Executive Officer. Schwarten has almost 20 years of experience in finance, bringing extensive expertise in the financial sector. Through his long-standing role at railcar lessor VTG GmbH, most recently as Head of Finance and interim Chief Financial Officer, he also has the necessary experience in the rail transport industry, it is said. In his new role at Northrail, he will take over the lead in the areas of financing, accounting, and controlling. So far, Simmering has been responsible for this function within the management, which he will focus entirely on his tasks as Chief Executive Officer in the future.
On August 1, 2025, Christoph Alexander Fitz will be appointed Managing Director of DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH. In this position, he succeeds Willem van Sambeek, who will continue his career at DAF Trucks N.V. in Eindhoven. Fitz started his career in 2004 at Daimler AG and was the Regional Sales Manager for Mercedes-Benz trucks
in Germany before moving to Chennai, India in 2010 to serve as Head of Product Planning, Sales Manager Mercedes-Benz Trucks, and Project Manager at Daimler India. In 2015, Fitz returned to Stuttgart and took over the position of Sales and Marketing Manager and Regional Manager for Mitsubishi FUSO Trucks. In 2021, he became a member of the board of Kornit Digital Europe (industrial printing machines) before being appointed Sales Director of Volvo Trucks Germany and Managing Director of the German sales organization of Volvo. Fitz holds a master's degree in Marketing from the University of Westminster as well as a diploma in Industrial Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Berlin.
Personnel changes on the executive board of the DHL Group: The Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG has appointed Oscar de Bok as Chief Executive Officer of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. De Bok has been a member of the Group Executive Board since 2019 and is currently CEO of DHL Supply Chain. He succeeds Tim Scharwath, who is retiring. The Supervisory Board has also appointed Hendrik Venter, currently responsible for DHL Supply Chain in Continental Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, as Chief Executive Officer of DHL Supply Chain and member of the Executive Board of the DHL Group. The changes will take effect on August 16, 2025.
De Bok has worked for DHL Group since 1999 and was responsible as Managing Director of DHL Supply Chain for various countries and regions, including Italy, the Nordic countries, and Asia. In October 2019, he was appointed CEO of DHL Supply Chain
and until August 2030, he will be appointed CEO of Global Forwarding, Freight.
Venter can look back on more than 15 years of experience in senior management positions at DHL Supply Chain. In October 2019, he took on the role of CEO of DHL Supply Chain in Continental Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. In this position, he was responsible for the DHL Supply Chain business in 25 different countries and markets.
Marc Blom has been appointed Director Fleet Sales & Electric Sales in the Marketing & Sales division at DAF Trucks in Eindhoven. He has been with the company since 1999 and has held various positions with increasing responsibility, including Area Sales Manager at DAF Trucks Netherlands and Sales Operations. In 2020, Marc Blom became Managing Director of the branch DAF Trucks Austria & Switzerland and since January 2024 has been in the position of Director Fleet Sales & Zero Emission at DAF Trucks Deutschland. The position of Director Fleet Sales & Zero Emission at DAF Trucks Deutschland GmbH will be taken over by Jan Bernert as successor to Marc Blom. Bernert has been with the company since 2019 and was long a Sales Director before being appointed Managing Director of the branch DAF Trucks Frankfurt GmbH in January 2024.
After nearly three decades at the helm of Samedaylogistics, founder Holger Zulauf is handing over the operational leadership of the company to the next generation. The company's operational management will be taken over by Teo Ducu, while the strategic further development of the group will be advanced under the leadership
