The company has appointed new staff and offices in the capital, Warsaw, and has already signed up its first Polish fleet customers, which are in the implementation stage.

Two new staff with fleet market experience have been appointed in the Warsaw office. Wojciech Blaszczyk formerly worked at PSA Finance and has a degree in Organization and Management, while Rafal Zmyslowski, who has a degree in Sociology, was previously with leasing company Arval.

The Polish office, once the Fleet Logistics business development team has finished its work of setting up the business to be fully operational, will ultimately report into Arnd Martin, chief regional officer for Central and Eastern Europe.

‘If we want to be a truly pan-European fleet management supplier, then Poland is simply a country we need to be in,’ said business development director, Simon Spremberg. ‘We expect to announce a third new person shortly and are planning to have around five full-time staff in Poland by the year-end.’

Poland has a mature and established fleet market totalling around 1.5 million company cars, the overwhelming majority of which are currently acquired through outright purchase or finance lease.

Fleet Logistics says it believes that the growth of operational leasing presents an opportunity for it to grow its presence in the country. The company is currently working on the implementation of its products and services with Polish divisions of existing clients, starting with global industrial gases and equipment supplier, Air Products.

It then intends to recruit new customers from the local market as well as ensuring it is capable of providing a full range of products and solutions for existing clients, including its multi-bidding solution.

The company also has plans to expand into other European countries, with Turkey most likely to be next on the agenda. The Turkish economy is growing and Fleet Logistics says demand for car leasing is on the rise.

‘We have plans to be operational in Turkey in the first half of 2014 and see it as another major growth opportunity,’ added Spremberg.