Uber Technologies Inc.’s top lobbyist in Europe plans to exit the company after just a year and a half on the job, leaving the car-hailing firm without a chief architect of its strategy in the face of regulatory obstacles across the region.
Mark Uber, MacGann’s top European lobbyist, plans to step down at the end of January after just one and a half years in the job. As MacGann’s Head of Public Policy for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Uber played a major role in the company’s European regulatory strategy, launching complaints before the European Union’s executive arm against taxi laws in France, Germany and Spain. MacGann faces challenges across Europe, including a legal battle in France where two top executives could be sentenced to jail. Uber is moving to work with European venture-capital firms.