Hannes Mueller

White Clarke Group has appointed Hannes Müller as business development director for Europe.

Müller (pictured) will be responsible for sales, customer relationship management and business growth in the DACH countries to support the company’s growth plans in the region.

He brings more than 20 years of leasing experience and a proven track record in finance sales.

His previous positions include head of operations at Masterlease Austria, head of vehicle competence at UniCredit Leasing and head of international vendor business, passenger cars, at VB Leasing International.

Before joining White Clarke Group, he also held the position of head of sales and marketing at Société Générale Equipment Leasing for four years, where he had key strategic responsibility for product marketing and business development.

Brendan Gleeson, group CEO of White Clarke Group, said: “His strong industry and management experience will help to support White Clarke Group’s strategic activities in the DACH region, where our CALMS product is well-established. The fact that he has previously supported some of the largest leasing companies in recent years will be a real asset to our team.”

White Clarke Group is a global provider of end-to-end loan origination, servicing, collections and floorplan/wholesale finance technology for the automotive, consumer and equipment finance sectors.

It has offices throughout North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and serves clients including Toyota Financial Services, Volkswagen Financial Services, Daimler Financial Services, United Bank, LeasePlan and Hitachi Capital.