FEDESSA Board

The FEDESSA board is made up of a member (usually the President) of the elected Associations of the UK, Spain, France, Sweden, Germany, Denmark and Ireland.

Alberto Serrano

President, AESS - Asociación Española de Self Storage

Alberto Serrano founded the Self Storage company Trasteros Plus in 2013 in Spain. They have 4 stores now a days and they are the market leaders in the south of Spain. He joined the spanish Self Storage association (AESS) in 2015. Currently he is also the vice president of the AESS. He is an engineer and an economist. He joined the FEDESSA board in October 2020. Alberto wants to make FEDESSA grow and that all operators in the sector feel comfortable to be part of this leading european association.

Peter Ågren

Treasurer, Chair Self Storage Sweden Association

Peter Ågren has worked for Shurgard Self Storage for almost 20 years. Over the years, he has worked as a country manager in the following countries; Sweden, Denmark, Germany and UK. Today he is once again responsible for Sweden and Denmark. Peter's main focus is on leadership.

Vincent Poirot

Executive Council, Chair French Self Storage Association - Chambre interprofessionnelle du Self-Stockage

Vincent Poirot is the Deputy CEO of Homebox in France and president of the French Self Storage Association.

Prior to joining Homebox, Vincent worked for 15 years in retail, taxi and management consulting industries.

He holds a MS in Computer Science from Centrale-Supélec and a MSc in Entrepreneurship from HEC Business School.

Adrian Lee

Executive Council, Board member UK Self Storage Association

Adrian has over 22 years’ experience in the self storage industry, and is the Operations Director of Big Yellow Self Storage. He is a RICS qualified Chartered Surveyor and was previously a Director of Edge Properties PLC – a developer of big box retail assets. Adrian joined the SSA UK Board in July 2021, having previously been an SSA UK Board Member between 2008 and 2014.

Brian Hefferon

Executive Council, Chair Irish Self Storage Association

Brian Hefferon is Managing Director of Nesta Dublin Self Storage in Ireland. Nesta is is the largest and oldest self-storage provider in Ireland and is part of the Kefron Group. Brian is also president of the Irish Self Storage Association.

Anne Dorthe Schelander

Executive Council

Anne Dorthe has worked in the self storage industry for 17 years, and since 2006 she has helped to start and build BoxBudget.dk, which is privately owned and today has three branches in Jutland. Anne Dorthe is currently the CEO and co-owner of BoxBudget.dk.

Martin Brunkhorst

General Council Member, Chair Verband deutscher Self Storage Unternehmen

Martin Brunkhorst has more than 20 years of experience in the self storage industry. He is the manager of Prime Self Storage in Germany.

General Council Members

Allan Agerskov

General Council Member, Chair Danish Self Storage Association

Allan has been involved with self storage for more than 10 years. During this time he has been head of operations in Pelican Self Storage. Allan became a member of the board of the Swedish Self Storage Association in 2016 and has been a member of the Danish Self Storage Association for 5 years, since 2015, while also being Chairman.

Prior to joining Pelican Self Storage, Allan worked for almost 20 years in the retail industry heading positions within Sales, Category Management, Marketing and Supply Chain Management in companies such as COOP Nordic, Arla Foods and Duni AB. Allan holds a B.Sc in Economics and Busines Administration from the Aarhus School of Business, Denmark. He also served as a reserve officer in the Danish Army with the rank of Captain.

Isak Larsson

General Council Member, Chair Norwegian Self Storage Association

Isak Larsson is the General Manager of City Self-Storage Scandinavia. He is currently the president of the Norwegian Self Storage Association and he is also board member of the Swedish Self Storage Association.

Jan Bikker

General Council Member, Chair Dutch Self Storage Association - De Nederlandse Mini-Opslag Vereniging

Cesare Carcano

General Council Member, Chair Italian Self Storage Association - Associazione Imprese Selfstorage Italiane

Cesare Carcano, is the owner and CEO of Casaforte Self-Storage Group Italy and Switzerland, President of AISI (Italian Self Storage Association), founder of the Suisse Self Storage Association, founder and President until 2018 of FEDESSA (European Federation of the Self Storage Association). With his national and international professional experiences in the development of high-end projects, Cesare has directed, developed and provided added value to Advertisement, Marketing, Strategic Consulting, Logistics, Real Estate, and Self Storage companies in Belgium, Italy, Switzerland and the US.

Christian Schmutz

General Council Member, Chair Swiss Self Storage Association ( 3SA)

Christian Schmutz is the founder and CEO of Zebrabox, the leading provider of self-storage solutions in Switzerland. Zebrabox has currently 10 running stores in the metropolitan areas of the main cities. Christian joined the FEDESSA board in 2005, holds the function of Treasurer, and acted as President of FEDESSA from 2013 until 2015. Christian is also president of the Swiss Self Storage Association.

Eddy Verkeyn

General Council Member, Flexoo Self Storage

Chair Belgian Self Storage Association

João Villa-Lobos

General Council Member, Chair of Associação Portuguesa de Self Storage

Joao has more than 20 years of experience in real estate as a consultant and project manager for foreign investors. Managing Portugal's public companies with more than 400 employees and investments in real estate of over 15 million Euros. In 2019 he took on the role of project manager for the Mspace project and became Country Manager in 2022.

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