Nosta Solutions: a new status and a new COO 
The service division Nosta Solutions has been operating as an independent PLC under the umbrella of the Nosta Group since January 2023. COO Jan Steinacker oversees both the supply chain consulting and new business departments in the new company. Born in Osnabrück, Steinacker... more
Zeronorth picks Mike Konstantinidis
Technology company Zeronorth has appointed Mike Konstantinidis as managing director of vessel optimisation and head of the company’s Athens office. In this role, he will head up a new business area focusing on bringing high frequency data captured by on-board sensors to the... more
SSY hires Roar Adland
Independent shipbroker Simpson Spence Young (SSY) has appointed Roar Adland to the role of global head of research, effective from May 2023. Internationally recognised with over twenty years of professional experience, Adland has built an reputation as one of the most... more
L.I.T. renews contracts ahead of schedule
L.I.T. (Logistik, Information, Transport) has extended the contracts of its board members ahead of schedule for another five years. All four board members - Fokke Fels, Simeon Breuer, Julian Lachnitt and Ingo Schreiber - will continue to work for the group until 31 December... more
Logista wins Ecovadis silver medal
Logista has received a silver medal from Ecovadis, a global provider of sustainability ratings, for its achievements in corporate social responsibility (CSR) management, placing it above 82% of all companies evaluated and in the top 9% of companies in the transport sector.... more
Key appointments at XL Global Group
XL Global Group, based in Aberdeen, has appointed Derren Reid (left) and Mark Chatwin (right) to bolster its fast-growing integrated engineering support services in UK. Reid joins XL Global Group having supported both product sales and high-value infrastructure projects... more
Schwarzmüller: a trio to take the helm
The Schwarzmüller Group is restructuring its management now that CEO Roland Hartwig has stepped down. Operational management will be placed in the hands of three managing directors, as sole owner and new chairwoman of the supervisory board, Beate Paletar announced at the... more
Qantas announces changes at the helm
The Qantas Group is reorganising its group management committee. Andrew David, CEO of Qantas domestic and international, will retire in September 2023. The role of CEO of Qantas domestic and international (which was combined during Covid), will be again split into two... more
Union Pacific pursues CEO succession process
Union Pacific Corporation is currently in the process of recruiting a new leadership. Following discussions between the board and Lance M. Fritz, chairman, president and CEO, regarding the path for identifying the company’s next CEO, in March 2022 the board engaged an outside... more
Leaseplan Switzerland complements management team
Jan-Paul Poldervaart is the new commercial director of Leaseplan Switzerland. In this key role, his task will be to strengthen the strategy team around Niklas Zetterlund, managing director of Leaseplan Switzerland. As former cluster director international business at company... more