Europcar, the leading car rental company in Europe, has announced the appointment of Didier Fenix as chief operating officer.

His role will be to strengthen Europcar’s operational excellence and develop innovation within the network to optimise the customer’s journey.

Didier will be responsible for operations, fleet and mobility innovation activities.

He is a member of Europcar Group Executive Committee and managing director of Europcar Belgium.

Fenix, 48, joined Europcar in 1992, holding various management positions, notably fleet director of Europcar Belgium and general manager of Europcar Belgium since 2002.

Roland Keppler, chief executive officer, Europcar Group, stated: “Operations are a key component of our transformation program and I am highly confident that Didier will bring with his deep experience a solid contribution to our current and coming plans to make Europcar a leading mobility player.”