Bifa adds youth to national council
Kyle Lawrence and Laura Hobby have been selected to join the British International Freight Association’s national council. Both are important members of Bifa’s Young Forwarder Network (YFN).
Hobby, who works for F.S Mackenzie, started her freight career in 2015 and took over the chair of the ‘Virtual’ YFN from Kyle in 2021, driving the online events forward. Earlier this year she was named Young Freight Forwarder of the Year at the Bifa Freight Service Awards.
Lawrence joined the industry in 2017, was a finalist in the inaugural apprentice of the year category of the Bifa Freight Service Awards in 2018, becoming chair of the London East region of the newly founded YFN in 2019. In 2020, he was elected chairman of the national YFN. He works for OIA Global. (cj)