A new Board of Directors was elected at the European Rental Association’s (ERA) annual convention in Riga, Latvia. International Rental News reported that Loxam managing director, Stéphane Hénon has been elected to a three-year term as President, taking over from Pierre Boels who has served in the office for the last six years. Other’s elected to the board include Xavier du Boÿs non executive Chairman of Kiloutou, Pierre Nicola Fovini CEO of Finanzauto, Martin Holmgren CEO of Cramo Group, Jürgen Küspert CEO of bbi, Arne Severin CEO of Zeppelin Rentals and Andy Wright CEO of Sunbelt Rentals UK.
Next year’s ERA Convention will be in Maastricht, The Netherlands, on June 7-8, 2023. It will be held alongside the International Rental Exhibition (IRE) and the APEX aerial platform show.
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