Car leasing and fleet management company Arval
has appointed a CEO for a newly created international business line
dedicated to new channels and SMEs.

Grégoire Chové will take on the role, after
more than 10 years driving the development of Arval’s International
Business Office (IBO), as the BNP Paribas subsidiary looks to
develop new distribution channels, as well as addressing the
international SME market on a local basis.

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Chové said: “The new business line is opening
up opportunities within a vast prospective portfolio of small
companies and entrepreneurs for Arval.”

The company has also taken on a new group
sales director as part of a bid to grow market share
internationally.

Tero Tapala, who was Arval’s regional general
manager for Brazil, Greece, India, Morocco, Portugal and Turkey for
more than three years, will take up the position.

He said: “In today’s international
marketplace, many companies are faced with the challenges of
operating fleets in an unstable and unpredictable economic
environment.

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“Arval offers the consulting and technical
expertise our clients need to select and operate a cohesive
national and international fleet.

“I am looking forward to growing our market
share in the various countries where Arval is already present, and
following our customers to countries where we are not yet
present.”

Tapala began his career at Arval at PHH
Deutschland in 1989 and held the position of general manager of
Arval Germany and Arval Austria from 1996 to 2007.

Chové is a graduate of French business school
the Institut Supérieur de Gestion. He has held different positions
with the company in countries including France and Italy, mainly in
the sales area.

Claire
Hack