March 23rd 2021, Amsterdam, The Netherlands - enviolo, known for its unique stepless shifting products, welcomes Edwin Koopmans and Paul van Holst as members of the business development team. The hire of the new team members comes after the company reached a record breaking revenue growth in 2020. Both Edwin and Paul joined enviolo at the beginning of March and both have over 18 years experience in the bicycle industry.
Edwin started his career at AGU as product and sales manager. After 7,5 years he continued his career at Shimano and FFWD (Fast Forward Wheels). Edwin Koopmans: "I wanted to pursue my career in e-mobility because I believe that there is a very interesting future for e-bikes and electric commutes. With my experience in optimizing OE processes and strengthening long term partnerships I hope to contribute to enviolo's further growth." During his time at AGU Edwin met Paul and worked together on numerous projects.
Paul joined Cube in 2003 and established the company in the UK and Benelux. After Cube, Paul joined Bike2Build as Managing Director and continued his ten year career at AGU as an International Business Development Manager. Paul van Horst: "My broad experience in the mobility market will enable enviolo growth in the Bicycle as a Service segment. Not only am I passionate about bikes and cycling but I believe that if we want to live a "car light lifestyle" that the mobility alternatives need to be good. Enviolo equipped bikes are known for their quality and endurance and I'm very happy to help grow the premium e-bike segment."
Koen van der Weerd, Director of Business Development: "We are very glad to onboard Edwin and Paul to enviolo's Business Development team, as they will bring great skills and relevant experience to the table. With that, I am confident that both will become instrumental to enviolo's growing successes. After a record-breaking 2020 with a +60% revenue growth, we needed to expand the team in order to be able to serve our customers in the best way possible. We are very much aware of the pressure on our customer's supply chain, and in order to keep delivering upon our short production lead times, it is a top priority to engage in portfolio discussions and the resulting forecast impact. I'm looking forward to another great year!"
