Mazda Motor Europe
Marc Depreitere has extensive experience in the automotive industry, holding various leadership positions throughout their career. Marc most recently worked for Mazda Motor Europe as the Director of After Sales. Prior to that, they served as the Director of Sales & Dealer Development at Mazda Motor Belux / Mazda Motor Logistics Europe. Before joining Mazda, Marc was the CEO of Hedin Automotive Gent NV and Mercedes-Benz Gent NV. Marc also worked for Daimler AG and Daimler Chrysler, where they held the position of After Sales Director. Marc began their career at Volvo Car Group, where they held multiple roles, including Distribution Manager, Business Management & Dealer Development, and Parts Pricing Specialist.
Marc Depreitere pursued a Master in Applied Economical Sciences with a focus on Marketing/Marketing Management from the University of Antwerp between 1982 and 1986. Prior to that, they completed their secondary education at St. Amandscollege Kortrijk, specializing in sciences, from 1976 to 1982. In addition to their academic qualifications, Marc also holds certifications in C-Management from Daimler AG (2011) and an Advanced Executive Program from IMD business school in Lausanne (2006).
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At Mazda we love driving. In fact, we love it so much we use a Japanese phrase to describe the feeling you experience when driving a Mazda: Jinba Ittai. This translates as “the oneness between horse and rider”, or in our case, the car and driver. Every member of our team is passionate about getting behind the wheel of their Mazda. Half of our senior managers have racing licences and our European CEO recently took part in the Baja 100 race in California. It is in our blood. For over 100 years, all our passion has been put into improving the experience of driving. Not only did we create the MX-5, the world’s bestselling two-seater roadster with 1.2 million sales, and counting… but we were also the first Asian brand to win Le Mans. Not bad for an independent company based in Hiroshima that started making three-wheel trucks in the early 1900s! All our multi-award winning cars are crafted in Japan, where we bring modern twists to globally renowned Japanese aesthetics. We love great looking cars, winning World Car of the Year two times and World Car Design of the Year three times in the last ten years. We are also the only car brand invited twice to show concept cars at the prestigious Concorso D’eleganza Villa D’Este. We also love how cars work. Our unique engineering means we are creating some of the most exciting PHEV and EV vehicles on the market, while continuing to build the most efficient internal combustion engine vehicles. We have a proud heritage, but each of the 1,200 members of Mazda’s European team are also excited about the future. Our goals are clear in Europe: we strive to become the first non-European premium automotive brand by creating great to drive, great to own and great looking Mazda cars.