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Sara Van Gelder to join Nallian
Sara Van Gelder from the cargo team at Brussels Airport will move to join air cargo software firm Nallian next month.Van Gelder will help airport communities that have adopted Nallian's cloud-based platform to get quick and maximum value from these initiatives.Van Gelder said that she had been instrumental in driving ...
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NewsPilot Freight Service appoints non-executive chair
Logistics provider Pilot Freight Services (Pilot) has appointed Jerome Lorrain as non-executive chair, as well as a member of the company board.Lorrain, who replaces former non-executive chair Don DeFosset, has more than 20 years' of experience in supply chains, logistics and transportation.DeFosset will remain a member of the board of ...
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NewsNew MD revealed for CargoLogic Germany
Dierk Näther is set to return to CargoLogic Germany as the all-cargo carrier's new managing director.Air Cargo News sister title DVZ reports that Näther will take over the management of the Leipzig/Halle Airport-based freighter operator on August 1, succeeding Johannes Jähn, who surprisingly resigned his position earlier this week.Näther is ...
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NewsLane to lead UPS' corporate affairs and communications
UPS has appointed Laura Lane as chief corporate affairs and communications officer.Lane will oversee UPS' public policy and government affairs, public relations, employee communications and the USP Foundation. She will also join the company's executive leadership team and will report to chief executive Carole Tomé.Lane joined UPS as president of ...
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NewsGEODIS Ireland names managing director
Logistics firm GEODIS has appointed Gary O’Connor as managing director (MD), Ireland, effective from June.In his new role, O’Connor oversees the operations of GEODIS Ireland's contract logistics, overland transport, freight forwarding, supply chain optimisation, and express and parcel deliveries.Laurent Parat, president and chief executive GEOIDS EMEA, commented: “O'Connor is well ...
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MD of CargoLogic Germany set to vacate top job
The German cargo airline CargoLogic Germany has to look for a new managing director, according to Air Cargo News sister title DVZ.Johannes Jähn will step down from his post at the end of the month, DVZ learned from people familiar with the matter.Jähn has been managing the German freighter airline ...
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NewsMeador joins ODW Logistics
Gary MeadorODW Logistics has appointed Gary Meador as its chief operating officer.Meador comes to ODW from UPS Supply Chain Solutions where he held several key leadership positions, most recently he was vice president operations, Latin America region, global logistics.“Gary’s diverse experience in operations, continuous improvement, and project management will support ...
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NewsCsafe appoints new Latin America director
Denis CaputoTemperature-controlled container firm CSafe Global has appointed Denis Caputo as director of life science sales, Latin America.CSafe has been building its worldwide life science sales team for more than a year and Caputo is the most recent addition in the Americas region.“Caputo is based in Miami and comes with ...
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NewsForwarder Tigers appoints MD for China
Tigers has appointed Jana Schebera as its new managing director, China, adding a further layer of freight forwarding expertise as the logistics provider continues to find growth in Asia.Prior to moving to Tigers, Schebera spent more than a decade in the industry holding positions that included managing director for Hong ...
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NewsTAPA EMEA names advisory board members
The Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has created a new Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) advisory board to help it become an "end-to-end supply chain resilience organisation".The advisory board will be led by TAPA EMEA president and chief executive Thorsten Neumann.Other members of the board are: Gilad Solnik, director ...
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NewsAir Canada Cargo's Tim Strauss in surprise move to Amerijet
Tim StraussAir Canada Cargo’s Tim Strauss will become the new chief executive of freighter operator Amerijet from mid-August.The air cargo stalwart will take up his new role on August 17, with current chief executive Vic Karjian who is becoming the company’s executive chairman.Strauss is currently responsible for Air Canada’s cargo ...
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TIACA begins its search for a new director general
TIACA has commenced its search for the newly-created role of director general. Applications for the position can be submitted, by email to its Selection Committee, from July 14 to August 21.Currently Céline Hourcade is heading the association as its transition director.The director general will act as chief executive of the ...
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NewsUPS appoints Hwang to board of directors
UPS has appointed Angela Hwang to its board of directors, effective immediately. Her appointment brings the total number of directors to 13.Hwang is group president of the Pfizer Biopharmaceuticals Group and she is also a member of its executive team. In this role, she leads more than 26,000 global colleagues ...
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NewsANA Cargo appoints new EMEA cargo VP
Sadami SugimotoANA Cargo has appointed Sadami Sugimoto as its new vice president, cargo and mail, for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region.Sugimoto took up the role on July 1 and has 11 years' of experience in cargo, having worked in marketing, alliance, revenue management, mail sales and operations.He ...
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Vekshin scoops Volga-Dnepr Group chief commercial officer role
The Volga-Dnepr Group has appointed Konstantin Vekshin as chief commercial officer as part of a wider move to centralise its approach to sales.The cargo airline group — celebrating its 30th year of operations in 2020 - said that Vekshin’s key objectives will be to implement the its marketing directive and ...
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Lufthansa Cargo to shed 10% of jobs by 2023
Lufthansa Cargo will shed just over 10% of its workforce by 2023 as part of a restructuring at the overall airline group.A spokesperson for the cargo division confirmed that around 500 of the cargo division’s workforce of 4,500 people would leave the company over the next two-and-a-half years.Part of the ...
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NewsTyler takes over at American Airlines Cargo as part of restructuring
American Airlines has named Jessica Tyler as president of cargo and vice president of airport excellence, taking over from Rick Elieson who has moved on to a new role within the company.The airline said that Tyler would lead the teams responsible for "the success of the cargo business and delivering ...
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NewsSwissport announces head of cargo Belgium
Swissport has appointed Koen Gouweloose into the role of head of cargo Belgium, effective from July 1.Gouweloose joined Swissport in March 2020 as chief operating officer. In his new role, he will oversee the strategic and operational management of the company's cargo activities, both in Brussels and Liège. In particular, ...
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NewsSwissport appoints Western Europe head
Ground handler Swissport has appointed Liam McElroy as head of its Western Europe region, effective immediately.In his new role, McElroy, who succeeds Jason Holt, will lead Swissport's UK and Ireland cargo handling operations while reporting to Luzius Wirth, executive vice president EMEA and member of the group's executive management.Prior to ...
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NewsDelta announces changes to regional management team
Delta Cargo has appointed Gonzalo Hernandez (pictured) into the role of general manager cargo sales, Asia Pacific, effective immediately.Hernandez succeeds Eric Anderson, who has returned to Atlanta, US, to become director of cargo strategy, alliances and technology.Hernandez will be based in Seoul, South Korea, and will oversee Delta's cargo sales ...