Italian Railways renews board of directors 
The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane shareholder’s meeting held last week approved the company’s 2020 financial statements, which recorded a profit of EUR 41 million, after it was approved by the board of directors on 31 March 2021. The shareholder’s meeting resolved to allocate... more
Ahrend joins company management
Schunck Group, an insurance broker for Germany's logistics industry, is expanding the existing management team of its own insurance broker, Atralosecur GmbH, founded in 2017, with Daniel Ahrend as of 1 June. Ahrend has been working in the insurance industry for almost 20... more
Kerr promoted to DPD UK's CEO
Today, 1 June 2021, Elaine Kerr assumes her new position of CEO of parcel delivery company DPD UK. She has worked for DPD for over 28 years, joining as a sales executive based in the North West, followed by roles of customer relationship manager and head of CRM before being... more
Heathrow's 75th anniversary
Britain's Heathrow airport is celebrating its 75th anniversary as a commercial airport today, 31 May 2021. ‘Heathrow Historians’ are going to highlight the airport’s history through the personal stories of colleagues, members and passengers. Archive imagery and memories are... more
Baxter Freight’s ‘fast forward’ plan
Global logistics provider Baxter Freight, based in Nottingham, UK, has promoted seven logistics experts within the company, in line with its ‘fast forward’ plan, which aims to “grow turnover to more than GBP 25 million and increase employee numbers by almost a third to over... more
New appointment at Smartlog
Agathe Leclercq joined French company Smartlog, which specialises in training, consulting and recruitment for the supply chain, transport, handling and safety at work segments, on 22 March 2021, as new commercial manager of the group’s brands Dialogis and Supply Chain Experts.... more
Hill Dickinson strengthening team in Greece
The maritime legal specialist Hill Dickinson has responded to client needs by strengthening its position in Greece, unveiling a series of new appointments in Piraeus in 2020 and 2021. Many experts have joined the company in recent months; in May new senior associate Kostas... more
Hämmerle promoted to CFO at Kapsch
Andreas Hämmerle has been promoted to chief financial officer of Kapsch TrafficCom (KTC), with effect from 1 July. He’s currently executive vice-president for finance at the logistics solutions provider for sustainable mobility, and will also become a board member.Before joining... more
A woman to head HR at Hellmanns
Christa Stienen has been appointed chief human resource officer at Hellmann Worldwide Logistics with effect from 1 August. She will succeed Claudio Gerring, who died in December 2020 after nineteen years in the HR unit. Stienen brings 30 years’ experience in various senior roles... more
Geodis: support for automation
Antoine Pretin joins global supply chain operator Geodis as its new vice president engineering group, where one of this responsibilities will be to accelerate the automation of Geodis’ services. Pretin started his career in 2007 as a project manager at Sidel Cermex, first in... more