Genesee & Wyoming: new CEO for UK/Europe
USA-based Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) has appointed Eddie Aston as CEO of its UK/Europe region. This region includes Freightliner, provider of railfreight, terminals and trucking services; Pentalver, container logistics provider; Freightliner Poland, a railfreight operator in both Poland and Germany; Rotterdam Rail Feeding, provider of shunting and rail feeder services in the Netherlands.
Aston succeeds Gary Long, who has served in that role since 2017 and is returning to the USA. Aston brings experience in logistics and supply chain management, precisely 13 years at DHL as CEO of global sectors, CEO of the global life sciences and health care sector.
He held various leadership positions in DHL’s supply chain solutions division in UK, and also served as UK, Ireland and Nordics managing director at Ceva Logistics, and as UK managing director at Northgate. (amh)