Baxter Freight picks UK operations manager 
Baxter Freight has appointed Luke Braddow as its new UK Operations Manager. Braddow’s new role involves working with Baxter Freight’s extensive network of long-term partners and suppliers for the UK and Ireland. Over the next few weeks, he will be spending time getting to know... more
DHL Global Forwarding boosts its leadership team in Africa
DHL Global Forwarding has made some key appointments to its leadership teams in Central and Southern Africa. Veronique Ebenye Epangue will head the team in Cameroon and Alassane Mare, CEO, DHL Global Forwarding, Central Africa will take on the additional responsibility of... more
Nokian Tyres adds supply chain leader
Nokian Tyres has hired Christy McDaniel as head of supply chain for the Americas region, a new position that will manage the tyre manufacturer’s logistics, supply chain planning and customer service divisions. The company opened a factory in Dayton, Tennessee (USA) last year... more
Reliance Partners expands senior leadership team
Reliance Partners, an American commercial insurance agency focused on logistics and transport, has named Thom Albrecht as CFO & chief revenue officer. Albrecht is a 32-year veteran of the transportation industry and served most recently as CCO and CFO with Celadon Group.... more
Louis DeJoy to serve as new postmaster general
The board of governors of the United States Postal Service has unanimously elected Louis DeJoy to serve as the 75th postmaster general of the United States and CEO of the world’s largest postal organisation. DeJoy is an accomplished business executive with more than 35 years... more
New chief revenue officer for Slync.io
Slync.io, the purpose-built global logistics orchestration platform, has appointed Amy Gearing, as its chief revenue officer (CRO), effective immediately. In this role, Gearing will implement Slync.io’s global go-to-market strategy and execution and manage worldwide sales,... more
Aero Africa appoints director product development
Aero Africa, the Hong Kong-based air cargo management group, has named James Cameron director product development, Southern Africa. South Africa-born Cameron comes with profound international experience in the airfreight wholesale industry, after having worked ten years for... more
New general manager for Crown Couriers
Crown Couriers has appointed Steve Rushton as general manager. Rushton has already been working with the company, responding to the surge in demand during the pandemic and the current lockdown. One key line of the company's business is in pharmaceuticals. Rushton joins Crown... more
Brett Hart named president of United Airlines
Effective 20 May, Brett J. Hart, executive vice president and chief administrative officer, will be appointed president of United Airlines Holdings – a continuation of United Airlines' leadership succession plan posted in early December, in which current CEO Oscar Munoz will... more
New member for steering committee on mediation
Edward Liu, legal director with Hill Dickinson Hong Kong, has been elected as a member of the steering committee on mediation and its public education and publicity sub-committee each for a new term from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2021. Damien Laracy, managing partner of... more