Patrick Mares

Patrick Mares is the Division President, Ports & Maritime at Cavotec. Patrick has over 25 years of experience in sales and business development and has held various leadership positions in companies such as Harsco Rail and GKN Land Systems.

Under Patrick's leadership, Harsco Rail became a global supplier for railway track maintenance and construction. With a broad range of high quality equipment, cutting-edge technology, and worldwide support, Harsco Rail took care of customers’ needs for virtually all major aspects of track maintenance and construction.

At GKN Land Systems, Patrick increased customer satisfaction scores by 15% acting on “voice of customer” response and incorporating the after-sales service offering into the original product sales process, representing a customer-centric, solution-selling approach. Patrick also increased prices 1%–1.5% YoY while protecting GKN’s market share.

Patrick has a proven track record of success in sales and business development. Their experience and leadership will continue to be an asset to Cavotec.

Patrick Mares has a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management from KU Leuven. Patrick also has a Master's degree in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering from KU Leuven. Patrick Mares also has a High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates from Onze-Lieve-Vrouwe College - Oostende.

Some of their coworkers include Martin Riegger - COO and Group SVP Operations, René Meldem - Chief Human Resources Officer, and Memed Üzel - Group Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer . Their manager is Mikael Norin, Group CEO .