Arval appoints new General Manager in the Netherlands

Arval appoints Andrea Falcone as General Manager of Arval in the Netherlands, as of December 1st 2022. He succeeds Interim Managing Director Marcus Schulz, who assumed the duties of General Manager Onno Bierhoff in August of this year. Marcus will remain in post as Regional General Manager for the NLDACH region (the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Switzerland).    

Andrea Falcone is currently General Manager of Arval in Brazil. There, he has been responsible for the rapid growth of the organisation since 2014, as CEO, CFO and Sales & Marketing Director. During this tenure, Arval has become Brazil's 6th leasing provider. Before joining Arval, Andrea held several executive positions in France, China and Brazil for PSA Peugeot Citroën.

"We are delighted with the arrival of Andrea Falcone, whose years of leadership experience at our fast-growing organisation in Brazil put him in an excellent position to lead the roll-out of the Arval Beyond strategy in the Netherlands. We look forward to working with him, to further shape Arval Netherlands' strategic transition into a sustainable mobility partner. I would like to thank Onno Bierhoff for the successful cooperation over the past years and the strategic milestones achieved in this period”, says Alain van Groenendael, Arval Chairman and CEO.