International Fleet Safety Award
The International Fleet Safety Award celebrates a company that has successfully implemented a driver safety project thus encouraging others to do the same. This year, the prize went to Heineken, represented by Adriana Holban, Global Buyer, and Reyes Gonzalez, Global Safety Manager, who received this important industry recognition from Julien Lebrun, Head of Marketing and Business Development at Groupe Renault.
Heineken is a Netherlands-based brewing company; Mrs. Holban and Mrs. Gonzalez are responsible for 18,000 vehicles worldwide.
International Fleet Mobility Award
The International Fleet Mobility Award is presented to a company that has successfully implemented a green project and/or initiative in efficient alternative mobility. This year’s prize was handed out by Ralf Kostrewa, Head of Fleet Sales International at Volkswagen Group Fleet International. Taking home the award was Accenture, represented by Alexandra Melville, the company’s Global Category Expert Car Fleet and Mobility.
Accenture is a global professional services company; Mrs. Melville is responsible for 12,500 vehicles worldwide.
International Fleet Innovation Award
The International Fleet Innovation Award celebrates a project that stands out in a specific area of fleet management innovation, for example car policy, implementation, international organization, use of tools, driver satisfaction. The award was presented by Edward Kulperger, Europe Vice President of Geotab. It was won by SAP, and collected by Markus Falk, Head of Global Car Fleet at SAP.
SAP is a German multinational software corporation; Mr. Falk is responsible for 23,000 vehicles worldwide.
Smart Mobility Start-Up Award
For the second year running, Fleet Europe celebrated excellence in start-ups from the fleet and lease ecosphere. Three prizes were awarded, based on the levels of innovation, efficiency, implementation, impact and future prospects for the services and products presented by 11 candidates that were selected by a professional jury.
The laureates were determined by a mix of jury votes (70%) and online votes from the European fleet community (30%). They received their prize from Dave Cussell, General Manager of the Fleet, Leasing & Network Development Division at Toyota Motor Europe.
Each laureate also received a cheque from Vincent Degives, Marketing Manager at Fleet Europe. The amounts (€2,500 for the third prize, €5,000 for the second prize and €10,000 for the first prize) can be used towards an international media campaign on the Smart Mobility Management platform.
The winner of the 2017 Smart Mobility Start-Up of the Year Award is PARKD.
The runner-up of the 2017 Smart Mobility Start-Up of the Year Award is CarPay Diem.
Second runner-up of the 2017 Smart Mobility Start-Up of the Year Award is Kowo.
