Strengthening Asia region team 
Columbia Shipmanagement (CSM), a global ship manager and maritime service provider founded in Cyprus, has appointed Demetris Chrysostomou as managing director of its Asia region. As a part of CSM’s growth ambition, he will work from the office in Singapore, having responsibility... more
Swissport elects president and CEO
Swissport International AG has appointed Warwick Brady as president and CEO. He will succeed Christoph Mueller, who joined Swissport January 2021 as ad-interim CEO and who will become chairman of the board of directors when Brady becomes president, CEO and also a member of the... more
Changes at Aspa
Beth Ann Frisher will join the Alabama State Port Authority (Aspa) senior management team as new chief commercial officer, effective 18 February 2021. Bringing commercial maritime experience at the senior level in both the public and private sectors, Frisher previously... more
Three new associate partners
Three cold packaging specialists - Cold Chain Technologies, headquartered in Holliston (MA), Sonoco ThermoSafe, headquartered in Arlington Heights (IL), and Tower Cold Chain Solutions, from Theale (UK) - are joining Pharma.Aero as new associate partners. The new partnership... more
Litchfield named managing director
British specialist technology provider Freight Software Group (FSG) has appointed Richard Litchfield as new managing director at its Forward Computers, which is a British independent supplier of freight forwarding software to the logistics sector and which was acquired by FSG in... more
Menzies Aviation strengthens cargo team
Global aviation logistics specialist Menzies Aviation has announced five appointments, including three new hires and two internal appointments. Rory Fidler joins as vice president (VP) cargo technology, a newly created role, with special responsibility for driving forward... more
Rambaud switches from Africa to Asia
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Jean-Baptiste Rambaud as sales & marketing director for Middle East & South Asia. He will be based in Dubai, UAE reporting to Philippe Lortal, CEO for Middle East & South Asia. Lortal: "His background and leadership in... more
Expanding global finance & controlling
Frank Metschies assumed his new role as director of global finance & business controlling at the owner-managed logistics company Röhlig at the beginning of February 2021. He succeeds Mike Williamson, who is taking on new challenges as CFO of a listed logistics company in UK.... more
Several appointments at the American Club
Shipowners Claims Bureau, Managers of the American Club, report recent changes in their US-based teams: Steve Ogullukian, who joined the Managers in 2003, has been selected as deputy global underwriting director, a position assumed in parallel with his ongoing duties as director... more
CSafe Global adds sales director in Seoul
CSafe Global, a US provider of temperature-controlled container solutions for the transport of life-enhancing pharmaceuticals, has been building its life science sales team worldwide for the past 18 months. It has now appointed Dong Woo Lee as director of life science sales for... more