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Feb 15, 2021 at 5:24 PMThe digital freight platform Saloodo! GmbH appointed Dr. Antje Huber as CEO at the beginning of February. Dr. Huber has been a member of the Saloodo! Management Board since early 2019. Her predecessor, Thomas Grunau, will now focus more on his responsibilities at DHL Global Forwarding. Saloodo! aims to expand even more globally.
(Cologne) Dr. Antje Huber took over the position of CEO at the digital freight platform Saloodo! on February 1, 2021. She succeeds Thomas Grunau, who successfully led Saloodo! as CEO since 2018. In his primary role as SVP Global Business Strategy & Digitalization and member of the Management Board, Grunau has been responsible for the business strategy at DHL Global Forwarding since 2019. As he wants to focus even more on this task in the future, particularly to further advance the digitalization of the sea and air freight specialist, he has handed over his role as CEO of Saloodo! to Dr. Huber. Under the leadership of the PhD in Business Administration and experienced logistics manager, Saloodo! will continue its successful international growth trajectory.
“I am pleased that we have been able to attract Antje Huber, a recognized expert in international expansion strategies and digital technology projects, as the managing director for Saloodo! Through her work on the Management Board, she already knows the company and all processes, so she will seamlessly continue to drive Saloodo!’s global growth,” said Uwe Brinks, CEO of DHL Freight, under whose responsibility Saloodo! falls within Deutsche Post DHL Group.
With Deutsche Post DHL Group since 2003
Dr. Antje Huber has been a member of the Management Board of Saloodo! since early 2019 and has played a significant role in the successful establishment of the platform in Europe as well as the global rollout at the end of 2020. She began her career at Deutsche Post DHL Group in 2003 and has held various positions in corporate development, DHL Parcel, as well as innovation and operations in Post & Parcel Germany during this time. In 2017, she took on her role as SVP Strategy, Marketing & Chief of Staff at DHL Freight. She will continue to hold this position in addition to her responsibilities as CEO of Saloodo!.
“I would like to thank you for the trust placed in me and look forward to further good cooperation with Deutsche Post DHL Group, especially DHL Freight, the Management Board, and above all with the great Saloodo! team. In the past three years, I have already seen how much commitment and enthusiasm my colleagues bring to their work. Together, we will continue to drive the positive development and position Saloodo! even better overall,” said Dr. Huber.
Photo: © Saloodo! / Caption: Dr. Antje Huber, CEO Saloodo!
