Gecas appoints two new heads 
Gecas, a commercial aircraft financing and leasing company, has appointed Jonty Nel as Gecas’ EVP commercial – International and John Bordeaux as new chief investment officer. Both will take up their role from April 2020. Nel will be responsible for building and executing... more
L.I.T. adds three executives to its board
The L.I.T. group has chosen three more board members. Effective immediately, the following executives will reinforce the company's top management: Simeon Breuer, managing director L.I.T. freight forwarding, Ingo Schreiber, managing director L.I.T. cargo and Julian Lachnitt,... more
New head of cargo at Heathrow Airport
Heathrow Airport (HAL) has appointed Tim Mayes as new head of cargo. This is a key leadership role at Heathrow accountable for leading cargo transformation, marshalling a capital programme and engaging with a wide range of stakeholder groups, from government, airlines, the... more
HFW announces promotions
The UK-based law firm HFW has strengthened its market-leading shipping practice with the promotion of new partners and new legal directors, effective 1 April 2020. The new partners are: Claire Womersley (shipping, London), Paul Woodley (aerospace, London), Sheshe Evans... more
New managing director for Jettainer Americas
Shailendar Kothari is the new managing director of Jettainer Americas. The Jettainer subsidiary is based in Delaware and includes branches in Dallas, Chicago, Miami, New York and Los Angeles. In his new role, Kothari is responsible for the company’s operational activities, as... more
MOL appoints new head for Mozambique and South Africa
MOL has appointed Mitsuru Fukushima as chief country representative for Mozambique and South Africa under the umbrella of the chief executive representatives for Europe and Africa, effective 1 April 2020. Based in the representative office of MOL (Europe Africa), which will... more
Kevin Ducksbury to lead the Air Charter Association
Kevin Ducksbury of Emerge Aviation has been chosen as the new chairman of the Air Charter Association, succeeding Nick Weston of Weston Aviation. Ducksbury is the first appointed chairman since the association’s rebrand in 2019 and will formally take on the role from The Air... more
Leschaco USA successfully completes CTPAT validation
Leschaco USA has maintained its CTPAT (customs trade partnership against terrorism) membership as a forwarder/consolidator and broker. The audit took place in Houston and was conducted by US customs and border protection. After reviewing the validation report, it was... more
Head of sales appointed for Europa’s new facility
Europa Warehouse has appointed its first head of sales at its new facility in Corby, Northants (UK) which is set to open this summer. Sally Watson, who joined Europa as a senior account manager in 2014, soon became branch manager in Nottingham, then Birmingham and has now... more
Gertjan Roelands new SVP sales & distribution
Gertjan Roelands has been appointed senior vice president of sales & distribution of Air France KLM Martinair Cargo. As such, he will be in charge of all global commercial activities, including digital services. He succeeds Christophe Boucher, will assume the position of EVP... more