People & Training

David Bang appointed executive VP of global pharma & healthcare at JAS

JAS Worldwide has appointed David Bang (pictured above) as its executive vice president of global pharma & healthcare.
Mr Bang has over 20 years’ experience in logistics, supply chain, healthcare and the life sciences industries in various leadership positions including as co-founder of LifeConEx in 2005, a joint-venture between DHL and Lufthansa Airlines for bio-pharma international logistics. He became CEO of LifeConEx the following year and expanded the network to more than …

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Robert Mianowski is new regional sales and marketing director for Geodis

Geodis has appointed former FedEx and TNT executive Robert Mianowski as its new regional sales and marketing director for north, east and central Europe.
Mr Mianowski worked under Geodis CEO Marie-Christine Lombard when she headed TNT and he was MD eastern Europe. He then joined FedEx as vice president operations in Germany, Austria and Switzerland in 2016, and left in December.
In his role at Geodis in Frankfurt, he will report to Thomas …

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Changes at Dachser ASL: Tobias Burger and Ralph Riehl new regional MDs

Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL), the forwarding division of the German 3PL and road freight group, has confirmed news broken by Loadstar Premium this morning that it has reorganised senior management in its business units in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Americas regions.  
Tobias Burger (pictured above) has been appointed managing director ASL EMEA, replacing Thomas Krüger, who has led the air and sea freight business in the region since 2016. 
Dr Burger is currently responsible...

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Maersk veteran Lars Vang Christensen new MD of APM Terminals Callao

APM Terminals has appointed Lars Vang Christensen (pictured above) as the new managing director of its facility in the Peruvian port of Callao. 
He replaces Javier Lancha de Micheo. 
Mr Vang Christensen was most recently chief executive of APM Terminals’ Egyptian joint-venture, Suez Canal Container Terminal. 
“Lars has extensive knowledge of the needs of our clients, which will help prepare APM Terminals Callao for the challenges ahead, taking advantage of the solid foundations built by his...

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EV Cargo veterans Nick Toye, Russell Lawrence and Simon Power move up

Global freight and supply chain provider EV Cargo Global Forwarding has announced three high-profile internal promotions. 
Nick Toye has been appointed vice president of global product and procurement ocean freight, and retains his position as chairman of the Far East cargo line. He joined Allport, as EV Cargo was then known, in 1987 in its air freight department. 
Russell Lawrence (pictured above) has been promoted to vice president of the UK region, while Simon Power is now vice...

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Logistics IT specialist Richard Litchfield appointed new MD of Forward Computers

Specialist technology provider Freight Software Group (FSG) has appointed Richard Litchfield (pictured above) as the new managing director of its Forward Computers subsidiary. 
Forward Computers supplies freight forwarding software to the logistics sector and was acquired by Freight Software Group in 2019. FSG is also the parent company of BoxTop Technologies.   
“The freight and logistics sector is experiencing significant changes, the customer is ever more demanding, with higher expectations...

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Poul Hestbaek to be Hamburg Süd CEO as Arnt Vespermann steps down

Hamburg Süd has announced that company veteran Poul Hestbaek (pictured above) will take over as chief executive after Arnt Vespermann (below) leaves the carrier at the end of the first quarter. 

The German shipping line, now part of Maersk Group, said it was entering a new phase, focused on “securing and further strengthening customer relations”. 
Dr Vespermann said: “AP Møller-Maersk’s multi-brand strategy has been established on the global markets. Going forward, we will place an even stronger...

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Xeneta co-founder Thomas Sorbo leaves to start new business

Xeneta co-founder Thomas Sorbo is to leave the company, nearly a decade after he started it.
He wrote in a post: “After more than nine incredible years with Xeneta, I have decided to leave the company Patrik Berglund, Vilhelm K Vardøy and I founded.
“It has been a privilege to co-found, serve and grow Xeneta from the early days when it was just a handful of people to the global company it is today.
“I am very …

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BIFA unveils 2020 award winners, who have to celebrate alone

BIFA’s traditional January lunch and freight award ceremony have been sorely missed by the industry – but lack of a party does not lessen the accomplishments of the winners.
BIFA has now revealed, in a series of video presentations, its freight service award winners.
Air Cargo Services, sponsored by ASM UK, was won by Simarco Worldwide Logistics, which pipped DHL Global Forwarding, Kerry Logistics, and Ligentia Global to the post.
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Andrew Ellis appointed country manager as Viasea expands into the UK

Norwegian shortsea container shipping firm Viasea has opened its first UK office, in Immingham, and appointed shortsea veteran Andrew Ellis (pictured above) as its UK country manager.
The company said the move was due to “demand for more capacity between UK and Norway and a need for moving more traffic off the roads”.
Viasea MD Morten Pettersen added: “We are very proud to extend our services further , now opening our own …

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