People & Training

Ruth Snowden announces retirement from CIFFA

Ruth Snowden, the well-respected executive director of Canadian forwarders’ association CIFFA, is to retire from the role in mid-2019.
Succession planning is under way.
A former vice president of supply chain solutions for UPS, Ms Snowden joined CIFFA in 2008 and put the association on the map over the past 10 years.
“It was an item in LinkedIn last January announcing my 10th anniversary at CIFFA that made me stop for a moment and look …

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Jan Skovgaard is new chief operating officer at Ligentia

Ligentia Group hopes to bolster its Asian business with the appointment of Jan Skovgaard as its chief operating officer. Based in Hong Kong, Mr Skovgaard will also join the board.
Mr Skovgaard joins from Rohlig, where he has worked since 2001, most recently as CEO Asia Pacific, and formerly managing director.
Nick Jones, Ligentia Group CEO said: “Jan is a great fit for the Ligentia vision, one which sees us increasing our …

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Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints CEVA’s Marco Nazzari to head EMEIA

Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Marco Nazzari as regional vice president for EMEIA.
Reporting to the president and CEO, John Magee, Mr Nazzari will oversee the growth and development of Crane in the region from the forwarder’s offices in Italy.
Crane said it has “aggressive growth plans for the remainder of 2018” of which Mr Nazzari will be a “critical leader”.
Mr Nazzari was most recently global head of freight management sales for …

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Dachser makes changes at the top as it strengthens Asia network

Germany-headquartered 3PL Dachser has bolstered its Asia network with the establishment of a new Far East South cluster and a parallel structure for the Indian subcontinent.
It has promoted Kevin Chen (pictured above) as managing director of Air & Sea Logistics Far East South, who will be responsible for 477 employees and eight locations across Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China.
Mr Chen was formerly managing director of Air & Sea Logistics …

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Kerry Logistics promotes Kenny Rutgersson as MD Sweden

Kerry Logistics has promoted Kenny Rutgersson to managing director of Kerry Logistics (Sweden).
Mr Rutgersson will drive the growth strategy and business development in international freight forwarding, warehousing and distribution in Sweden. A strong focus will be on strengthening the contract logistics business.
Mr Rutgersson has more than 20 years’ logistics experience and joined Kerry in Sweden as head of 3PL three years ago. Apart from his operational expertise, he also focuses …

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