UTA appoints Jérôme Bonnet as IT director to advance digitalisation

Jérôme Bonnet has been appointed IT director at Union Tank Eckstein (UTA) as part of a strategy to advance digitalisation and position the company in the European market as an innovative mobility service provider. He will report to the chief executive officer (CEO) Volker Huber who has been sharing responsibility for IT and toll. These areas of the business will now be run as separate entities. Bonnet joins UTA from its parent company Edenred and has also been CEO of Cardtrend Systems in Malaysia since
March 28, 2018 Read time: 2 mins

Jérôme Bonnet has been appointed IT director at Union Tank Eckstein (8658 UTA) as part of a strategy to advance digitalisation and position the company in the European market as an innovative mobility service provider.

He will report to the chief executive officer (CEO) Volker Huber who has been sharing responsibility for IT and toll. These areas of the business will now be run as separate entities.

Bonnet joins UTA from its parent company Edenred and has also been CEO of Cardtrend Systems in Malaysia since 2015. Before that, he held a range of leadership positions in China and Singapore at Accor Services where he managed the software development centre and was the chief information officer for the Asia Pacific and Middle East regions.

Huber said: “Jérôme Bonnet is a recognised IT expert of international calibre. He has many years of experiences in digital payment services, in fuel card and fleet management, and in customer loyalty programmes. His expertise will help us overcome the challenges posed by the digital transformation.”

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