Dr. Thomas + Partner rebranded TUP 
Intralogistics software company Dr. Thomas + Partner, which is based in Stuensee near Karlsruhe (Germany), was officially renamed “TUP” on 16 March 2022. The new brand, a shorter variant of the original name, is already established on the market. Since the foundation of the... more
Vikand’s Peter Hult named honorary consul
Peter Hult, CEO of maritime healthcare solutions provider Vikand, has been elected honorary consul of Sweden to the state of Florida. Collaborative by design, the honorary consul— a post appointed by the Swedish foreign minister—provides assistance to Swedes in Florida and to... more
Bolloré Logistics chooses Azadeh Oveysi
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Azadeh Oveysi as business development manager for UAE. Based in Dubai and reporting to Bolloré Logistics UAE sales director Bircan Sogutlu, she will be responsible for supporting the company’s strategy for growth in the healthcare sector.... more
Svitzer Americas picks Christian Burgauer
Effective 1 July 2022, Christian Burgauer will take over as new managing director for Svitzer Argentina, replacing long-time managing director Kees van den Borne, who has decided to pursue new opportunities outside of Argentina. Burgauer has been CFO of Svitzer Argentina since... more
Logix Initiative expands board
Logix, a logistics real estate initiative, is strengthening its honorary board of directors and gaining Dirk Landrock, owner of Phase 5, an architectural and planning office, and Janine Zimmermann, head of logistics at Drees & Sommer, as new members. Both will contribute... more
Hans-Peter Trachsler takes the helm at Dachser
Hans-Peter Trachsler has been named director of Dachser Spedition, effective early March 2022. He takes over from Urs Häner, who is set to retire after an initial handover period. In addition to his role as European logistics managing director, Trachsler will head up the... more
Boughey chooses Angela Carus
Boughey has named Angela Carus as its new managing director. She follows Keith Forster, who has retired after 20 years with the company. Carus joins Boughey from Culina, where she was operations director. Her first job in the industry, not long after leaving school, was... more
Panattoni’s new team in Italy
Industrial real estate developer Panattoni has set up an office in Milan (Italy). The new branch is to be headed by Jean-Luc Saporito as managing director. Saporito joined Panattoni from P3 Logistic. Before that, he worked in various Fortune 500 companies such as Amazon, Procter... more
Chris Dee joins Green Swan Partners
Green Swan Partners (GSP), a Pittsburgh, PA-based venture builder, welcomes Chris Dee as partner and COO. Most recently, Dee was partner and COO of Auction Mobility, a software company that successfully moved to the Auction Technology Group, a TA Associates portfolio company.... more
Rhenus Group picks Tobias Bartz
Tobias Bartz will take over the position of CEO and chairman of the management board of the Rhenus Group on 1 April 2022. He will succeed Klemens Rethmann, who will then concentrate on his responsibilities on the executive board of Rethmann SE. Bartz began his professional... more