Bram van der Reep takes over reins at Volvo Car South Africa

Bram van der Reep takes over reins at Volvo Car South Africa

Volvo Car South Africa has undergone a change of leadership with Bram van der Reep (55), previously with Volvo Cars Netherlands, taking over the reins as managing director of the Swedish car brand’s local operations.

By Gerald Ferreira6 May 20084 min read

Volvo Car South Africa has undergone a change of leadership with Bram van der Reep (55), previously with Volvo Cars Netherlands, taking over the reins as managing director of the Swedish car brand’s local operations.

Van der Reep (55), who held the position of sales director at Volvo Cars Netherlands, has taken up his new position on May 1st.

Van der Reep has been with Volvo for the past 33 years, gaining extensive experience in the fields of sales, marketing, used cars and dealer management. He was a driving force in the reformation of the dealer network in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Before taking up the position as sales director in the Netherlands, Van der Reep was leading the sales and dealers operations in Belgium.

Van der Reep takes over at Volvo Car South Africa from Alan Cousins, who has been at the helm of operations for almost 3 years.

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