Jaxport board extends CEO Green’s contract 
During the December meeting of the Jaxport board of directors, it unanimously voted to extend CEO Eric Green’s contract through fiscal year 2024. Green has been with Jaxport since 2005 and was named CEO in 2017. Under Green’s leadership, the port set new container, auto and... more
Wes Wheeler to lead UPS healthcare and life sciences unit
UPS that announced Wes Wheeler, currently CEO of Marken, a wholly-owned subsidiary of UPS, has been appointed president of UPS’s global healthcare and life sciences (HCLS) unit. The move is effective immediately. In October, UPS announced plans to align all of its healthcare and... more
Geodis names EVP group legal & insurance
Albertine Hanin has been appointed EVP group legal & insurance at Geodis. She becomes a member of the group’s management board and directly reports to Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO of Geodis. Albertine holds a master’s degree in international law and a certificate of... more
ACI Latin America and Caribbean elects director general
Airports Council International - Latin America and Caribbean (ACI-LAC) has appointed Rafael Echevarne as its new director general, replacing Javier Martinez, who has successfully led the organisation since 2010. Echevarne is a widely respected aviation professional who has... more
New CSR director for Getlink
Sandrine Prieur has been appointed CSR (corporate social responsibility) director for Getlink. A graduate of the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce in Bordeaux, Sandrine Prieur has built solid expertise across several areas at the heart of CSR: environmental and energy management,... more
Tarros Portugal celebrates ten years
It was 2 November 2009 when the M/V "Vento di Maestrale" entered the port of Setubal in Portugal. Now the Italian company Tarros wants to celebrate with its customers the first ten years of activity of the line that directly connects Portugal to the Mediterranean.... more
Hong Kong's airport authority picks executive director
The airport authority Hong Kong (AA) has appointed Vivian Cheung executive director, airport operations. She succeeds Ng Chi-kee, who will retire. Reporting to the AA’s CEO, Fred Lam, Cheung will be a key member of the senior management team. She will lead the airport... more
New president for Germany's railway industry
At the annual general meeting of Die Bahnindustrie, the German association for the railway industry (VDB), Volker Schenk resigned from his position as president after a four years’ mandate. “This year was marked by a focus on eco-friendly, future-oriented mobility services.... more
Tillmann Fuchs to head communications at Vienna airport
Effective 1 January 2020, Tillmann Fuchs will succeed Stephan Klasmann as head of communications at Vienna airport (Austria). Klasmann will be in charge of rebranding the company in future. Fuchs, who has served as deputy head of communications since 1 April 2019, brings a... more
New CFO for Interroll
Heinz Hössli will move to Interroll and take over the position of group CFO. Hössli, currently CFO/vice president advanced materials of the Bühler Group in Uzwil (Switzerland), will assume his new responsibilities as CFO and member of Interoll’s group management at a date yet to... more