Europcar Mobility Group announced that Sheila Struyck, who joined Europcar Mobility Group nearly 4 years ago to create the Group Lab of innovation, launched the New Mobility activities and set up the Business Unit, has decided to step down from her executive role of Managing Director of the Business Unit, after having strongly contributed to its development. She will first act as Senior Advisor for the BU and will then leave the company end of July 2019. François Barraud is appointed as Deputy Managing Director of the Business Unit, under the leadership of Fabrizio Ruggiero, Deputy CEO of the Group and Head of the Business Units. François Barraud has over 25 years experience in various business environments (Bain & Company, Carrefour Group and Arc International), including digital « pure players » and tech companies – such as Brainsonicand Microsoft – where he held several senior management positions. He has a proven track record of successful implementation of synergies and cross-fertilization, as enablers of business acceleration and scale up, in France and in other countries. His key priorities will be to manage growth and optimize the existing synergies between the New Mobility Business Unit and the other activities of the Group.