ALC appoints Kirk Coningham as CEO 
The Australian Logistics Council (ALC) has appointed Kirk Coningham as its new permanent CEO. He commences his responsibilities at the ALC Secretariat in Canberra. Coningham was the national executive director of the Urban Development Institute of Australia until December 2018.... more
Mosolf expanding advisory board
The Mosolf Group is augmenting its advisory board with Detthold Aden, former CEO of BLG Logistics Group. Mosolf’s CEO Jörg Mosolf remarked: "With Aden, my company gains an outstanding managerial personality and an impulse generator in the logistics field. With his decades... more
Rune Dybedal to chair NSOCC
North P&I Club’s Rune Dybedal has been appointed chairman of the North Sea Operators' Claims Conference (NSOCC). Dybedal, a Norwegian qualified attorney, has worked as an attorney and senior claims executive at North for 19 years and more than 26 years in the industry.... more
John Pearson joins DHL corporate board
The new CEO of DHL Express, John Pearson, is expecting continued positive developments for the global express market and the company, thanks to booming cross-border e-commerce and digitalisation. A board member since 1 January 2019, Pearson, who has been instrumental for DHL... more
Air Atlanta Icelandic changes management
Several organisational changes were implemented at Air Atlanta Icelandic at the beginning of 2019. Hannes Hilmarsson, Air Atlanta’s CEO since 2006, assumed the new role of executive chairman of Air Atlanta Icelandic and managing director of Air Atlanta’s sister company, Northern... more
HFW adds to admiralty & crisis management team
HFW, a London based law firm active in the aerospace, commodities, construction, energy, insurance and shipping sectors, has boosted its global admiralty & crisis management team by hiring Victor Fenwick. He joins HFW’s London office from Ince & Co, where he was a... more
David Emslie joins Swain Group
The UK-based Swain Group has appointed David Emslie as its strategic development director. He joins the group from Canute Group where he was sales director for the past eleven years. In Swain's newly established role, Emslie will responsible for further developing the... more
NV Logistics amends structures
The Geneva (Switzerland)-based service provider, NV Logistics, has grown significantly in recent years and is now altering its structures. At the beginning of the year, the operation department, headed by Tobias Magalhaes, moved to a new location in an industrial zone in... more
New partner for logistics sector
Simon-Kucher & Partners, a global strategy consulting firm, selected ten new partners from across the world at the beginning of the year. The newcomers include Kornelia Reifenberg for the logistics and distribution sector. Reifenberg works in Bonn and advises logistics... more
Maximilian Rothkopf now Hapag-Lloyd COO
Hapag-Lloyd’s supervisory board has appointed Maximilian Rothkopf to its executive board, effective 1 May 2019. On 1 July, he will become the new COO, replacing Anthony J. Firmin, who will retire on 30 June. Rothkopf, who holds a master's degree and a doctorate in business... more