Letmeship picks Thomas Bissels 
Multi-carrier shipping platform Letemeship has hired Thomas Bissels as new country manager Austria. Bissels has spent over 30 years in the logistics industry and held various executive positions at UPS and World Courier and worked as business development manager at Deutsche Post... more
Beumer Group hires Oliver Schopp
Oliver Schopp was appointed director of sales logistic systems at Beumer in May 2021, succeeding Thomas Wiesmann, who had retired. A mechanical and industrial engineer, Schopp looks back on many years of extensive experience in the logistics industry. Before joining Beumer... more
Jim Kessler now president of Ritchie Bros.
Jim Kessler, former COO, will assume the additional role of president of Ritchie Bros., a global marketplace for insights, services and transaction solutions. Jim Kessler has more than 20 years of experience in senior leadership positions, including those of president, COO... more
Iata chooses Philip Goh
The International Air Transport Association (Iata) has elected Philip Goh as its regional vice president for Asia-Pacific. He succeeds Conrad Clifford, who has been the organisation's deputy director general since 1 July 2021. Philip Goh has held various senior management... more
Nasmyth Group hires Stuart Fyfe as CFO
Stuart Fyfe has been appointed chief financial officer of Nasmyth Group. For the past six years, he was group financial director for an international company, managing a portfolio of brands in the HVAC sector. Fyfe: “I am delighted to be joining Nasmyth Group as CFO, having... more
Vic Karjian interim CEO of Amerijet
Amerijet has named executive chairman Vic Karjian as interim CEO effective 18 September, 2021. He is standing in for Tim Strauss, while the company conducts a search for a new CEO. Karjian was Amerijet’s CEO before Strauss joined the company in August 2020. Strauss is leaving... more
ECS Group chooses Adrien Thominet
CEO Adrien Thominet has been appointed executive chairman of ECS Group, succeeding Bertrand Schmoll. Thominet has been with ECS Group for more than 25 years, becoming its COO in 2011 and then CEO in 2017. ECS Group provides the world’s largest integrated GSSA, which offers... more
Connie Award goes to Eugene D. Seroka
The Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) will honour Eugene D. Seroka, executive director at the Port of Los Angeles, with the 2021 Connie Award at the Renaissance Newark Airport Hotel on 6 December 2021. “As the head of the nation’s largest port, Seroka showed... more
Channel Port of Dieppe renews its board
Following last June’s elections, the 'Syndicat Mixte' Channel Port of Dieppe has now named the members of the bureau of its board of directors. Jean-François Bloc, regional councillor and Dominique Patrix, community councillor of Dieppe Maritime, have been appointed chairman and... more
Andreas Chrysostomou joins CSA
Maritime industry veteran Andreas Chrysostomou has been named as the new executive director of the Clean Shipping Alliance. Chrysostomou, who’s currently the chief strategy officer of Tototheo Maritime, has enjoyed a long career in government service that brought him to the helm... more