ESTERO, Florida and
LONDON, July 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hertz
Corporation (NYSE: HTZ) today announced that Jim Mueller has been appointed Senior Vice
President for International Sales, Marketing and Revenue Management
effective July 21, and will be based
at Hertz's international headquarters office outside of
London. Mr. Mueller will report
functionally to Jeffrey Foland,
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer, and
operationally to Michel Taride, Group President, Rent a Car
International.
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Mr. Mueller will be responsible for Hertz Rent a Car
international sales and marketing activity, revenue management
(pricing) and ancillary revenues. He joins Hertz as a senior-level
international sales and marketing executive with extensive
experience in the Asia/Pacific,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and India regions most recently as Senior Vice
President, Global Sales for Etihad Airways, and previously holding
international positions for United Airlines and Northwest/Delta
Airlines.
"Jim has a proven record of executing successful international
sales strategies and will take responsibility for driving the
quality of our international revenues as well as our global sales
and revenue management strategies into our international markets,"
said Jeff Foland.
Michel Taride added: "We are pleased to have Jim join the
organization with his breadth of travel industry experience in
global markets and success in integration of multi-brands."
Mr. Mueller has most recently served as Senior Vice President,
Global Sales for Etihad Airways. He has also served as Vice
President, Atlantic and Pacific Sales for United Airlines, where he
led marketing and sales activities for Asia/Pacific, India and EMEA markets, including joint
venture sales with the Lufthansa Group, Air Canada and All Nippon
Airways. Previously at United Airlines, he held the positions of
Vice President, Asia Pacific and
Managing Director, Customer Solutions.
Mr. Mueller joined United Airlines from Northwest Airlines/Delta
Airlines where he most recently served as Managing Director, Vice
President Global Cargo Sales and Managing Director, Asia. Mr. Mueller started at Northwest
Airlines in 1993, holding increasingly senior roles in pricing,
yield management, revenue management, marketing planning and sales.
Mr. Mueller has a Master of Business Administration from the
University of Minnesota and an
undergraduate degree cum laude in Economics from Saint John's University in Minnesota.
ABOUT HERTZ
Hertz operates the Hertz, Dollar, Thrifty and Firefly car rental
brands in more than 10,300 corporate and licensee locations
throughout approximately 145 countries in North America, Europe, Latin
America, Asia, Australia, Africa, the Middle
East and New Zealand. Hertz
is the largest worldwide airport general use car rental company
with more than 1,600 airport locations in the U.S. and more than
1,300 airport locations internationally. Product and service
initiatives such as Hertz Gold Plus Rewards, NeverLostĀ®,
Carfirmations, Mobile Wi-Fi and unique vehicles offered through the
Adrenaline, Dream, Green and Prestige Collections set Hertz apart
from the competition. Additionally, Hertz owns the vehicle leasing
and fleet management leader Donlen Corporation, operates the Hertz
24/7 hourly car rental business and sells vehicles through its
Rent2Buy program. The Company also owns Hertz Equipment Rental
Corporation ("HERC"), one of the largest equipment rental
businesses with more than 350 locations worldwide offering a
diverse line of equipment and tools for rent and sale. HERC
primarily serves the construction, industrial, oil, gas,
entertainment and government sectors. For more information about
Hertz, visit: www.hertz.com.
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