Jan de Rijk Logistics appoints new COO 
Jan de Rijk Logistics has appointed Daniël Uijtdewillegen as chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. In this new role, Uijtdewillegen will join the company’s leadership team consisting of CEO, CFO and COO and oversee the operations of the transport business units,... more
CFL Cargo promotes Sébastien Hoffmann
Sébastien Hoffmann is to succeed Laurence Zenner as CEO of CFL Cargo on 1 July 2023. Hoffmann joined CFL Cargo in 2009 and held several operational and managerial positions before being appointed chief operations officer (COO) of the Luxembourg entity in July 2018. Since 2021,... more
Nox Nachtexpress hires Alexander Kohnen
Alexander Kohnen will be the new CEO of Nox Nachtexpress. He has been CEO of Time:Matters, a subsidiary of Lufthansa Cargo, since 2017. Before that, Kohnen spent 17 years in various responsible positions at Lufthansa Cargo, most recently as senior director industry development... more
XPO picks Emmanuel Arnaud
Transport and logistics provider XPO has appointed Emmanuel Arnaud as operations director – Europe, effective immediately. He reports to Luis Gomez, XPO’s president – Europe, and will serve on the executive board of the European business. Arnaud began his career in France... more
Swissport Swissport bolsters executive team
The aviation services company Swissport is making two key changes to its executive team. Karen Cox, formerly global director of operations & safety and co-head of UK and Ireland, will assume the role of CEO for the group’s UK & Ireland region. Andres Diez has been... more
Nexxiot appoints Roger Gloor
Roger Gloor is joining Nexxiot, a global Tradetech company, as the new head of the technical department. He previously worked for the intermodal logistics service provider Bertschi, as a proven expert for the entire value chain in tank container and dry bulk logistics. Gloor... more
Aero Africa promotes Absolom Ngari
Air cargo management group Aero Africa has named Absolom Ngari as its director strategy, GSSA & airline partnerships, effective 1 April 2023. Ngari is an accomplished air cargo management professional who has been working with major global cargo airlines, aviation... more
Spotos: Marc Boileau joins advisory board
Spotos, a logistics startup that has digitised and reimagined freight forwarding principles, announced that Marc Boileau, senior vice president of Fourkites EMEA, has joined its advisory board. He will help guide Spotos through its expansion plans to achieve its ambition of... more
Changes at the helm of DHL
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group and Hillebrand Gori – a DHL company, have announced that Dominique von Orelli (left) has taken over as CEO Hillebrand Gori with immediate effect. Von Orelli succeeds Tim Scharwath, CEO DHL... more
Geodis picks Camille Porgès
Transport and logistics company Geodis has appointed Camille Porgès as EVP governance, risks and compliance. She will join the group’s executive committee, which is chaired by Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO. Porgès began her career in 2004 as a lawyer specialising in mergers... more