Hagen, 11th November 2013. With effect from 11th November 2013, Cristian Bast is to take over as Regional Sales Manager for the West German sales region, in direct succession to Thomas Zafiroudis, who is leaving the company of his own accord. According to CEO Pierre Fleck: „The West Region is a core sales territory for our German organization. I am therefore very pleased to have secured the services of an industry expert of Cristian Bast“s calibre to fill this post.“
Cristian Bast (47) has many years of experience in the automotive sector, and was most recently employed as Sales Director and board member at the Brammer Group in Frankfurt-am-Main, the European market leader for industrial maintenance, repair and servicing products. He has also worked for the automotive and metal component manufacturer Infun in Hof, Bavaria, as Sales Director and Deputy Plant Manager. His international experience includes posts with the Italian steel manufacturer Gianetti Ruote in Milan, and with a Spanish manufacturer and supplier of plastic components for the automobile industry.
In light of his outstanding international experience, Mr Bast is also to assume responsibility for International Key Account Management in the vehicle fleet and disposal business, in addition to his responsibilities as Regional Sales Manager for the West Region. Responsibility for the international bus business is to be retained by Diana Rübsam who, after many years of responsibility at national level, recently took up the post of European Key Account Manager for the bus division.
„I am delighted to take up my new duties at EUROPART,“ announced Cristian Bast upon his appointment, „where I will be closely involved with our subsidiaries and active in the operational business, and also collaborating directly with our European key account customers.“
EUROPART is the leading trading company for spare parts and accessories for commercial vehicles, buses and special vehicles of all classes in Europe. In addition, EUROPART supplies its main customer groups in vehicle garages, transport companies and fleet operators with a wide range of workshop requirements: These include the areas of chemicals, workshop/office equipment, fastening technology, operational safety equipment etc. for day-to-day work.
Since 2011, EUROPART has been owned by Triton and Paragon. Triton specialises in investing in leading medium-sized companies in the German-speaking countries and northern Europe.
In 2012, the EUROPART Group“s annual sales totalled around EUR 420 million.
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