Edenred announced the appointment of Arnaud Erulin to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer, Northern Europe, Central Europe, France and Belgium. The new position expands Arnaud Erulin`s role within the Group`s Executive Committee, of which he was already a member in his previous position as Chief Operating Officer, Central Europe and Scandinavia. The appointment is part of a drive to organize the Executive Committee`s operating activities into five regions instead of seven, in order to simplify operating procedures and structures. Julien Tanguy, previously Deputy Managing Director of Edenred France, will now be Managing Director of Edenred France.