Rolf Group

Rolf
Native name
 Рольф
Founded (1991)
Headquarters Russian Federation, Moscow
Key people

Igor Salita, Chairman of the Board

Tatiana Lukovetskaya, CEO
Revenue Increase RUR 131,1 billion[1] (1H 2014, IFRS)
Increase RUR 4,7 billion[1] (1H 2014, IFRS)
Number of employees
 over 6000
Website www.rolfgroup.com

ROLF (Russian: Группа Компаний "РОЛЬФ") is a Russian group of companies, one of the biggest automotive dealers and vehicle importers in Russia, with its headquarters located in Moscow. Established on 5 August 1991. ROLF was one of the pioneers of the Russian automotive market, contributing to its development as a civilized market.

Management

The company is owned by Cyprus trusts. Mr. Sergey Petrov left the company as its manager and shareholder in 2007 and completely transferred the ownership to Cyprus trusts.[2]

Since July 2013, the chief executive officer of ROLF has been Tatiana Lukovetskaya.

The group consists of several business directions:

  • ROLF Retail (ROLF dealerships), ROLF Finance & BlueFish (used cars sales) – Chief executive officer: Tatiana Lukovetskaya;
  • ROLF Distribution of Mitsubishi (MMC Rus) — Chief executive officer: Naoya Takai;
  • ROLF SCS (ROLF Logistic) — Chief executive officer: Alexandr Larin;

ROLF retail division

The first ROLF dealership was opened in 1991 in Moscow. ROLF retail division now has 37 showrooms in Moscow and Saint Petersburg representing 17 foreign automotive brands (Alfa Romeo, Audi, Chrysler, Ford, Jaguar, Jeep, Hyundai, Land Rover, Lexus, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mitsubishi, Porsche, Renault, Skoda, Toyota, Smart).[3] It sells a range of services: car loans and insurance, trade-in, cars servicing, spare parts and accessories sales, long-term life insurance, etc.

ROLF Retail also has its own loan and insurance agent – ROLF Finance, responsible for all the negotiations with banks and insurance companies as well as establishing F&I programs for all the ROLF clients in its dealerships.

Blue Fish

Blue Fish project, which is also the part of ROLF Retail, represents ROLF’s centralized approach to used cars sales, launched in 2007. Currently Blue Fish works with used cars of all brands, including AvtoVAZ. Besides used cars, Blue Fish proposes loan programs, insurance products, used cars warranty and Road Assistance package. Blue Fish is based in all ROLF dealerships in Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Its website contains its database of cars on sale in all the retail locations.

MMC Rus

MMC Rus is the exclusive distributor of Mitsubishi Motors in Russia and CIS countries executing all the functions of a national car distributor, providing the supply of cars and spare parts to the country, as well as warranty support, product planning, product homologation and certification, dealership network development, marketing and promotion. MMC Rus is 42% owned by ROLF Group.

ROLF SCS

ROLF SCS is one of the leading logistic operators in Russia, providing integrated logistic services including warehousing, customs services, port facilities and railway transportation. ROLF SCS holds the rights for import of new automobiles through the port terminal “Pertolesport” in Saint Petersburg. Moreover, the company is also the owner of:

  • Logistic terminal in Lobnya, for 5,000 cars (opened in 2009)
  • Automobile terminal in Vostochny Port in Nakhodka (was founded in 2009)
  • Terminal in Naberezhnye Chelny in collaboration with Sollers, which includes an area for the storage of almost 500 cars, and 20 road trains.
  • Customs terminal “Elite- Trans” in Saint-Petersburg

ROLF SCS operates 250 of its own and 500 third-party trucks. ROLF SCS’s biggest clients are VW Group, Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, Jaguar Land Rover, BMW, ROLF Import, GEFCO.

References

  1. 1 2 Archived July 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "ROLF History". Rolfgroup.com. Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
  3. ↑ ""РОЛЬФ" - крупнейшая дилерская группа России, автомобильный дилер". Rolf.ru. Retrieved 2013-10-18.
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