Michael Henke: honorary doctorate from Finland 
The Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology LUT, Finland, has awarded Professor Michael Henke an honorary doctorate. The director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Material Flow and Logistics IML and holder of the chair of corporate logistics at the Technical University of... more
First global head of sustainability for Seko
Seko Logistics has named Kai Lincoln as its first global VP of sustainability. Based in Sydney, Australia, Lincoln joined Seko in January 2014 as managing director of Seko Omni-Channel Logistics, where he spearheaded the growth and development of the company’s international... more
Kuehne + Nagel promotes Dianna Fioravanti-Ashikwe
Kuehne + Nagel has appointed Dianna Fioravanti-Ashikwe as managing director for Canada, effective 1 June 2022. In her new position, Fioravanti-Ashikwe will be leading 1,800 employees. She has held several leadership roles at the Swiss-based group, most recently as vice... more
Volkswagen OTLG chooses Marcus Edelmann
Marcus Edelmann has been appointed spokesman of the management board of Volkswagen OTLG, effective 1 July 2022. He replaces Imelda Labbe, who will join the board as member for sales, marketing, and after-sales at Volkswagen PKW. Edelmann began his career at Volkswagen OTLG... more
Chung Mong-Won elected to IIHF Hall of Fame
Halla group chairman Chung Mong-Won attended the ceremony, hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), as a new honorary member of the IIHF Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony, which had been postponed from May 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, was held on 29 May... more
SKR picks Christian Herrlich and Erik Lüders
Christian Herrlich (right) will drive consultation services for digital transformation and IT & digitalisation as a partner of the Swiss company SKR, which specialises in financial investments. Over the last 25 years, Herrlich has worked as CIO of the Royal Mail Group... more
Four successes at AAA exam
Michiel Starmans, chairman of the Association of Average Adjusters (AAA) for 2022-23, has congratulated four new members after they qualified on passing the association’s most recent examinations. Pictured from left are Jack Ellis (senior associate), John Thompson (fellow),... more
Trans-o-flex promotes Eugen Günther
Eugen Günther has taken over as head of sales and spokesperson for the management board at the logistics service provider Trans-o-flex Thermo Med Austria, which specialises in actively temperature-controlled shipments of pharmaceuticals. Günther joined the Trans-o-flex sales... more
Dave Clark to leave Amazon for Flexport
Dave Clark will become CEO of Flexport and join the members of the board on 1 September 2022. He will share his position with Ryan Petersen, Flexport’s current CEO, for the following six months. Petersen will then step into an executive chairman role, leaving Clark to be the... more
Europa chooses Katie Taylor
Europa Air & Sea has appointed Katie Taylor, to be based at Europa’s Birmingham site. She will be responsible for overseeing the team of pricing coordinators, which operates as a centralised team at Prologis Park. T aylor has worked at Europa’s air and sea division for... more