Hüwel to lead Hellmann in North America
Hellmann Worldwide Logistics has hired Peter Hüwel as its new regional CEO North America, effective 1 January 2021.
He succeeds Steen Christensen, who leaves the company in agreement with the management board to take on new professional challenges. As regional CEO North America, Christensen had realigned the region since May 2017 and created a strong foundation for further growth.
Hüwel looks back on 27 years of experience in the freight forwarding industry. Over the past decades, he has held various management positions at Panalpina in the Americas, including manager of various South American country organisations and SVP for the Northeast and Midwest of the USA.
In his last position as VP at DSV, he was responsible for trade lane development in the air & sea division between North and Latin America. (amh)