Iulian Alexe takes charge at UTA Romania

New Country Manager with experience in the service card sector and in customer support
Ongoing development of sales activities in Romania

The Romanian branch of UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) has a new Country Manager: as of 1 June 2016, Iulian Alexe is managing the business in Bucharest, where he will focus particularly on developing UTA Romania’s sales activities. He will report to Gabriel Moulènes, Area Manager for Central and Eastern Europe.

The 45-year-old Romanian has many years of experience in the sector: before his appointment at UTA, Alexe spent seven years in management positions at the restaurant voucher and service card provider Edenred Romania, most recently as Expense Management & Business Development Director. In this role, he coordinated the development and launch of various innovative solutions – including Romania’s first employee restaurant card – thanks to which Edenred was able to bring its traditional voucher business into the digital age. In November 2015, UTA and Edenred opened a joint branch in Romania. Iulian Alexe was directly involved with the development and management of UTA’s activities there.

Previously, the graduate of Politechnica University Bucharest worked at Vodafone for twelve years in a customer support management role. “Iulian Alexe has an excellent understanding of our company as well as of the Romanian market, and has a strongly customer-oriented style,” says Gabriel Moulènes, Area Manager for Central and Eastern Europe. “That’s why he’s the best choice for our important Romanian branch.” Businesses can already use the UTA fuel card at more than 700 locations in Romania.

About UNION TANK Eckstein
UNION TANK Eckstein GmbH & Co. KG (UTA) is one of the leading suppliers of fuel and service cards in Europe. Using the UTA card system, commercial customers can fill up and use other transit services at over 53,000 stations in 40 European countries, independent of brand and without the need for cash. Included in these services are toll payments, garage, breakdown and recovery services, as well as the reimbursement of VAT and mineral oil duty. Founded in 1963 by Heinrich Eckstein, 51% of the company is in family ownership (represented by the families Eckstein and van Dedem), whilst 34% held by Edenred SA and 34% by Daimler AG. Company headquarters are in Kleinostheim/Main. With around 400 employees, the UTA network has an annual turnover of nearly 2.6 billion euros. UTA has been chosen for the 10th time as one of the most customer and service-oriented businesses in Germany, according to the consultant firm ServiceRating, the Mannheimer Institute for Market-Oriented Management (IMU), the polling institute YouGov and the industry newspaper Handelsblatt. www.uta.com