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Sarah Kreienbühl. Source: Kuehne+Nagel

Kuehne+Nagel International has appointed Sarah Kreienbühl a member of the management board and chief human resources officer.

Kreienbühl will start in her new role on April 1 and will succeed Lothar Harings who will retire in June 2023.

In her new role, Kreienbühl will be responsible for global human resources management, as well as for sustainability, an area of "top strategic importance to the company".

"Sarah Kreienbühl holds many years of management experience at executive level in various industries," the forwarder said "Since 2018 as a member of the general management at Migros, Switzerland’s largest private employer with around 100,000 employees."

Joerg Wolle, chairman of the board of directors of Kuehne+Nagel International, said: "We are very pleased to be able to appoint Sarah Kreienbühl, an outstandingly qualified leader with a winning personality to the Management Board of Kuehne+Nagel.

"We would like to take this opportunity to thank Lothar Harings for his many years of outstanding commitment and contribution."