Heppell to become CFO 
Richard Heppell has been appointed as chief financial officer designate for Tindall Riley & Co and Britannia P&I. Heppell joins in exactly two weeks from today, on 6 September, having recently served as CFO for Neon, the specialist insurer and Lloyd’s managing agent.... more
Campbell replaces Labonne at Hermes
Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT), which develops and provides cargo management systems, has appointed Marcus Campbell as its new chief technology officer (CTO), during a roll out of its new Hermes 5 system upgrade for a number of customers worldwide. He replaces Alex Labonne,... more
Elbers for Lineas
Belgian railways operator Lineas has appointed Martijn Elbers as head of sales intermodal. Elbers, who was voted Rail Cargo Information Netherlands' railway man of the year in 2019, joins from Shuttlewise, the company he co-founded in 2008. As managing director of... more
Baskakov withdraws from helm
Alexander Baskakov, director of Rail Cargo Logistics-RUS, the Russian representative office of Austrian Railways' subsidiary Rail Cargo Group (RCG), stepped down from his position on 30 July. The current director, Andrey Detinkin, who has been working for Rail Cargo... more
Swiss Post CIO joins executive management
Swiss Post is making an important contribution to digital development in Switzerland and thus showing that the informatics/technology unit will play an increasingly important role in the company in the future. Wolfgang Egel, head of the informatics/technology unit, will join... more
Asstra prepares succession
Sven Matthes joined the Asstra-Associated Traffic international corporate group as deputy chief executive officer and chief commercial officer in July 2021. He is now responsible for Asstra’s commercial strategy and growth, overseeing the group’s sales and marketing, tender... more
New CEO for Ambrogio Intermodal
Ambrogio Intermodal, a specialist for international combined transport and logistics services in the European market established in 1969, has chosen a new CEO. Pieralberto Vecchi has more than 20 years of experience in the transport and logistics industry, having held commercial... more
Brannigan now deputy CEO at Magma Aviation
Magma Aviation, a Chapman Freeborn company and a member of the Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Conor Brannigan as deputy CEO. He joins the London GTW-based business following two years at Cargolux in Luxemburg, where he had a senior role as director for strategic alliances... more
More commodities know-how at Hill Dickinson
Hill Dickinson has employed trade finance and commodities law specialist Devottam Sengupta in its Singapore office, adding his expertise as support for its commodities activities in the Far East and the rest of Asia.Sengupta joins the firm as partner. His appointment follows the... more
Dutch firm Paki Logistics welcomes new director
Paki Logistics, a service provider for the management, supply and relocation of European pallets and standardised exchangeable containers, has appointed Marc Groenewoud as CEO. He replaces Ingrid Faber, who managed the firm on an interim basis after the departure of the former... more