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.”

Charging, Tolling & RUC

For more information on companies in this article

UTA

Related Content

  • HNTB Corporation names new toll services chairman
    October 24, 2016
    HNTB Corporation is expanding its national leadership team by naming Kevin Hoeflich as toll services chairman, a post previously held by Jim Ely, who moves into a senior consulting role with the firm. In his new role, Hoeflich, a senior vice president of the firm, will oversee growth and daily management of the toll practice, provide clients across the country with expert resources as they look to operate existing toll facilities, implement tolling in future projects, and represent HNTB to the toll indus
    Read More
  • How does transit prepare for the next pandemic?
    November 30, 2020
    Covid-19 has taught us that once-in-a-generation events do actually happen sometimes. But Ronald E. Boénau suggests that transport agencies can prepare for the next pandemic - without exactly preparing for it at all…
    Read More
  • Connected Commerce points to tomorrow
    October 28, 2014
    How are we going to shop tomorrow? The answers will be found in the CARTES Connected Commerce Area, where the bright future of retail and payment technologies will be on show. A new addition to CARTES, the dedicated exhibition is designed to help answer questions about the future direction of the sector in this vital and lucrative area of business. Retail and payment are both going through a revolution thanks to new technologies, solutions and approaches which in turn are transforming the customer experienc
    Read More
  • Egis Easytrip Services expands services with acquisition of Versluis
    March 9, 2016
    Egis Easytrip Services has expanded its services to transport and logistics clients with the acquisition of Dutch VAT and excise recovery specialist Versluis, which will also enable Versluis’ customers to benefit from Easytrip’s expertise in European electronic tolling, train booking, ferry and tunnels booking and fuel payments. The acquisition enables Easytrip to provide its more than 14,000 HGV (heavy goods vehicle) fleets and 500,000 individual customers with a wide range of services such as electroni
    Read More

Highlighted Content