Joe Knight, an achieved veteran of the automobile rental trade, has joined Easirent as its new Enterprise Improvement Marketing consultant, in keeping with CEO Paul Hanley.

“The complete Easirent group and I are happy and excited to be working with Joe,” says Hanley. “I labored with Joe 15 years in the past when Easirent within the UK was affiliated with Fox. Joe has a wealth of expertise and trade contacts that may assist expedite Easirent’s growth within the US.”

Knight shares Hanley’s enthusiasm noting all roads alongside his profession have led him to Easirent.

For the previous 22 years, Knight served as vice chairman of Airport Concessions and Properties at Fox Lease a Automotive. Right here, he was concerned within the planning and improvement of all26 US areas which can be at the moment in operation. Previous to Fox, Knight labored for Price range, Greenback and Thrifty in numerous govt positions. He additionally owned and operated his personal consulting firm, Automotive Rental Ideas, offering fleet and financing packages to independents and licensees.

Knight has been a long-standing member of ACRA, serving as president from 2012 to 2017. “In my expertise working with ACRA, I realized that whereas the massive guys actually have been in a position to construct an trade, the independents and licensees carry the spirit of that success by their continued and dynamic progress of the off-airport operator,” Knight says.

“I look ahead to working for Easirent and particularly with Paul, a founding member of the family and profitable entrepreneur with 14 shops in Florida, Texas and North Carolina,” stated Knight of the brand new place.