SAS Cargo promotes Markus Ek 
Markus Ek, currently VP global sales and acting head of transformation office at SAS, has been appointed CEO of SAS Cargo and will assume his new role on 1 August 2023. Ek has been part of SAS since 2008 and has held positions mainly within purchasing and sales. When he was... more
Kerissa Khan to head Royal Aeronautical Society
Kerissa Khan MRAeS began her mandate as president of the Royal Aeronautical Society at its AGM on 4 May 2023. The AGM also voted David Chinn as president-elect. Khan was educated at Naparima Girls’ High School in Trinidad and Tobago. She graduated from the University of... more
Manhattan Associates expanding base in Germany
Manhattan Associates, which specialises in technology for supply chains and omnichannel commerce, is growing its business in Germany. Since the beginning of 2022, the number of employees in the office in Düsseldorf has increased from originally 24 to 38 today. New staff has... more
Changi airport presents 2023 awards
The Changi Airport Group (CAG) celebrated a year of strong air traffic recovery and the revival of air travel with its 2023 Changi Airline Awards, held at Singapore’s Shangri-La hotel. The annual event was attended by more than 150 representatives from 70 airlines. 2022’s top... more
70th anniversary for Fischer & Rechsteiner
Fischer & Rechsteiner, an international shipping company based in Valmadrera, about 45 km northeast of Milan (Italy), celebrated its 70th anniversary on 29 April 2023. It carries on a tradition of a brand that appeared on the market more than a century and a half ago, in... more
Havi with a new chair in Germany
On 1 May Stavroula Ekoutsidou became the new chair of the management board of Havi Germany, putting her in charge of the supply chain specialist’s entire German market. In addition to her role as chair of the German management board, Ekoutsidou is also vice-president in... more
Kontron Transportation chooses Bernd Eder
Bernd Eder, chief operating officer of Kontron Transportation Group and member of Kontron’s extended management board, has been promoted to CEO of Kontron Transportation Group with immediate effect. Eder has worked in the rail industry for more than 15 years. He was... more
Sandro Brändle joins Log-hub
Log-hub, a provider of supply chain analytics solutions, has appointed Sandro Brändle to its executive management team as chief data and analytics officer (CDAO), effective 1 April 2023. With a background in computer science, Brändle will contribute his expertise to support... more
Antonia Wanner elected to board of directors
Swiss Post’s annual general meeting has elected Antonia Wanner to the company’s board of directors. She succeeds Nadja Lang, who did not stand for re-election after nine years on the board. Wanner studied law at the universities of Tübingen, Lausanne and Bonn and passed her... more
Volta Shipping picks Debjit Sengupta
Volta Shipping has appointed Debjit Sengupta as its new managing director. He brings with him more than 30 years of experience in shipping and related areas. Sengupta will replace Manikandan Kongattil, who has left the company after four years of service. Sengupta... more