Don Daseke steps down as CEO 
Daseke, a flatbed, specialised transportation and logistics solutions company in North America, has announced that Don Daseke will retire from his roles as CEO and chairman of the board with immediate effect, but that he will continue as a member of the board with the title... more
Changes in the management at Neska
Neska Schifffahrts- und Speditionskontor (Duisburg, Germany) is awaiting changes to its management team. Kai Hansen will leave Neska at his own request on 30 September 2019. Hansen has been working for the Neska group since August 2016. He joined the company’s management in May... more
UPS announces CFO succession plan
Richard Peretz, UPS CFO, plans to retire. Brian Newman, currently executive vice president, finance and operations, Latin America for PepsiCo, has been appointed UPS CFO, effective 16 September 2019. Newman will join the UPS management committee, the most senior leadership... more
C.H. Robinson names Mike Zechmeister as CFO
C.H. Robinson has announced that Mike Zechmeister will join the company as CFO, effective 3 September 2019. Zechmeister will report to CEO Bob Biesterfeld. “Zechmeister is a seasoned and strategic public company CFO. He brings tremendous finance acumen and experience... more
Fadi Nahas appointed VP at Silk Way Airlines USA
Silk Way Airlines USA has appointed Fadi Nahas vice president, the Americas. In this role, Nahas will be responsible for managing business development initiatives on behalf of SWA USA and its affiliated cargo carriers from Azerbaijan, Silk Way Airlines and Silk Way West... more
Richard Juergens moves from Oman to USA
Richard Juergens has joined deugro (USA) as vice president projects North America. He will be responsible for project development and the technical support of deugro’s project activities, mainly in the sectors of oil and gas, power generation and infrastructure. In the past,... more
Jenny Zhao to manage APAC at Silk Way West Airlines
Effective immediately, Jenny Zhao has been appointed head of the Asia-Pacific region (APAC) at Silk Way West Airlines. In her new position she will be responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction for a dynamic business development in the Asia-Pacific region. Zhao... more
Kale Logistics Solutions wins prestigious award in India
Kale Logistics Solutions has won the “best air cargo IT solution provider” award bestowed by the Air Cargo Agents Association (ACAAI) at the ACAAI Air Cargo Awards 2019. The award ceremony took place at The Lalit Great Eastern hotel, Kolkata, India. Kale Logistics Solutions... more
Geodis appoints new industrial projects director for Germany
Geodis has appointed Peter Anetsberger as industrial projects director for Geodis freight forwarding in Germany. Since 1 July 2019, he has been heading the industrial projects unit and supervising its overall business growth. He reports to Antje Lochmann, managing director... more
HFW to launch Monaco office with new team
The law firm HFW is opening an office in Monaco with the hire of a team to be led by partners Ian Cranston, Andrew Charlier and Marco Crusafio. The team, which will also include legal directors Ian Fisher and Ruth Monahan, associate George Kaye and trainee legal executive... more