Park Your Truck Prepares for Its Next Growth Phase
- Apr 16
- 2 min read
Updated: Apr 30
Park Your Truck GmbH, Europe’s largest operator of truck parking facilities and a majority-owned subsidiary (50.5%) indirectly held by Maffei & Co. via enerlog AG (96.98%), is setting the course for its next phase of growth and is strategically strengthening its management team.
Experienced mobility expert joins the management team
With Matthias Mandelkow, the company gains a second managing director alongside founder Denise Schuster. Mandelkow has over 15 years’ experience at the intersection of the automotive industry, parking management and digital mobility.
As co-founder and CEO of sunhill technologies GmbH, he developed the company into a European market leader in mobile parking payments. Under his leadership, sunhill technologies became part of Volkswagen Financial Services AG, expanded internationally and now operates under the name PayByPhone.
Further positions include his role as COO/CIO at Best in Parking AG in Vienna, where he was responsible for operational and technological development.
New CFO to lead financial strategy
Sven Bräuer, an experienced chartered accountant, has taken up the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He will be responsible for the financial strategy of the three brands “Park Your Truck”, “Charge Your Truck” and “charge+”.
One of his first tasks was to adapt the finance function to the strong growth of recent years. In addition, the shareholders have decided to evaluate strategic options with the assistance of external M&A advisers.
For this process, the financial figures were comprehensively prepared and adjusted once again:
Based on contracts already concluded, revenue of over €20 million is expected for 2026 (2025: €16.0 million; 2024: €12.1 million). Operating EBIT is expected to rise to over €1.5 million in 2026 (2025: €1.1 million; 2024: -€0.1 million).
The disproportionately high increase in earnings is attributable in particular to the transition to an asset-light business model. Park Your Truck GmbH is focusing on its core competencies in truck parking management and its digital booking system.
Changes to the Supervisory Board of enerlog AG
There have also been changes at the level of enerlog AG (Maffei & Co. stake: 96.98%): the Annual General Meeting has appointed Ingo Alphéus to the Supervisory Board, succeeding Thomas Leitermann.
Ingo Alphéus has been working as an independent management consultant since 2025 and was previously CEO of several companies in the energy sector, including Elevion Group Germany, Belectric GmbH, RWE Group Business Services GmbH and RWE Effizienz GmbH. He also has many years of management experience in the automotive supply industry.
Andreas Buchner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, commented: “The Supervisory Board and Management Board thank Thomas Leitermann for his many years of commitment and valuable expertise. At the same time, we are delighted to have gained Ingo Alphéus, an experienced executive with extensive know-how in sectors that are central to our business.”
