Emiratis hand over leadership 
The Etihad aviation group sold its 40% holding in Air Seychelles to the government in April. Since it is no longer a shareholder in the now state-owned airline, the mandates of the CEO and the CFO employed by Etihad Airways ended on 30 June 2021. Thus, Sandy Benoiton (photo)... more
Treseder to head UK Chamber of Shipping
The UK Chamber of Shipping has confirmed Sarah Treseder as its next chief executive, replacing Bob Sanguinetti, who has been appointed chief executive of the Aberdeen Harbour Board after having chaired the British shipping industry's trade organisation for three years.... more
Chemical logistics company replaces CEO
A&R Logistics, a provider of US supply chain services to the chemical industry based in Houston, has named president Chris Ball (photo) CEO. Ball was promoted as part of a leadership transition plan that the outgoing CEO, Mark Holden, who joined A&R as president and CEO... more
Grimaldi named ICS chairman-designate
The ICS board of directors has named Emanuele Grimaldi ICS chair-designate. The managing director of the Grimaldi Group, a long-serving ICS board member and currently its deputy chairman, will follow Esben Poulsson as the next ICS chairman, subject to formal election at the ICS... more
Eichinger to take charge
The leadership of the Bundesverband Möbelspedition und Logistik (German Association of Furniture Forwarding and Logistics, AMÖ) is in a process of transition. The present managing director Dierk Hochgesang will leave the association at his own request at the end of... more
New CFO to land at Boeing
Boeing has named Brian West as EVP and CFO. Effective 27 August, he will lead all aspects of Boeing's financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning, as well as IR, treasury, controller and audit operations. West will also oversee the company's... more
And the winners are...
Representatives of Arculus (category "intralogistics software"), Cargotec ("special vehicle"), Idealworks ("automated guided vehicle"), Interroll Group ("special of the year"), Still ("integrated warehouse solutions") and Volume... more
Seebauer to Chiemsee
Petra Seebauer assumed the position of managing director of the 'Prien Logistics Competence Centre', located on the banks of Chiemsee in Bavaria (Germany) on 1 July. She'll lead the centre in partnership with Karl Fischer, who is leaving the company on 30 June 2022. Seebauer... more
Peters returns to logistics sector
Lineage Logistics, a USA-based temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions provider, has appointed Harld Peters as SVP Europe. He brings extensive experience leading technology-driven transformation and accelerated growth, most recently serving as... more
Namibian to head Sara
Johny Smith, CEO of Transnamib, Namibia’s national rail services operator, since February 2018, has accepted the nomination to lead the Southern African Railways Association (Sara) as its president for the next twelve months. Sara is an association of railway companies and... more