People & Training

Gary O’Connor appointed managing director of Ireland for Geodis

Geodis has appointed Gary O’Connor (pictured above) as its new managing director of Ireland.
His brief is to focus “on developing business in the healthcare sector while growing the company’s influence over well-established verticals, including e-commerce, high tech and FMCG”.
Mr O’Connor joins the group from Ceva Logistics, where he was also managing director for Ireland from late 2008 until June this year. From 2001 he was operations director at Eagle Global Logistics …

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Ramon Gallen and Daryl Ridgway in new senior roles at Noatum Logistics

Noatum Logistics has appointed Ramon Gallen (pictured above) as its new managing director of Asia, replacing Marco Gaeta, who has been in the role for the last eight years.
Mr Gallen joined Noatum Logistics in December 2014 as deputy managing director, and on the Komet integration project in Turkey, as well as supporting the MIQ acquisition and integration in 2019.
Earlier this year, he was appointed global head of sea freight.
He will …

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Will Urban joins Flexport as chief revenue officer

Will Urban, a 17-year veteran of Expeditors, is to join Flexport as chief revenue officer.  His most recent role was as vice president of the northwest US, and he has also worked as a consultant and adviser on supply chain issues.
He replaces Ben Braverman, who held the role at Flexport for nearly six years, where, he said, he “developed the Flexport playbook and scaled the global go-to market organisation”. He …

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Jana Schebera appointed MD of Tigers operations in China

Tigers has appointed Jana Schebera (pictured above) as the new managing director of its China operations.
Ms Schebera has spent over a decade in the freight industry and was most recently MD for Hong Kong and South China at Rhenus Logistics. Prior to that she held a variety of business development roles at M+R Spedag Group.
Tigers chief executive Andrew Jillings said: “Jana brings a sound forwarding knowledge to the China team and, …

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Paul Butterworth takes over as chairman of trustees at Seafarers UK

Maritime charity Seafarers UK today appointed Paul Butterworth as its new chairman. He has served as a trustee of the charity for three years.
He is a partner and head of the Maritime & Shipping practice at the global executive search firm Odgers Berndtson, based in London.
A passionate sailor, Mr Butterworth has worked for 28 years in the maritime sector, 15 of which have been in executive search. This followed his initial career …

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Rob Waterman the new CEO at Containerships, as Claude Lebel retires

CMA CGM-owned Containerships has appointed Rob Waterman (pictured above) as its new chief executive.
Mr Waterman is based at the company’s Hamburg headquarters and has replaced Claude Lebel who has retired after a long career with CMA CGM Group.
Since March 2013, Mr Waterman has been chief executive of CMA CGM UK, based in Liverpool, while prior to joining CMA CGM, he was managing director of Safmarine UK & Ireland after holding …

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DB Schenker loses Asia Pacific CEO Ditlev Blicher to Maersk

Maersk is strengthening its forwarding credentials with a top 3PL hire.
This time it’s DB Schenker losing Ditlev Blicher, who joins the shipping line as regional managing director for Asia Pacific.
Mr Blicher spent four years at the German company as chief executive of Asia Pacific. Prior to that he was president of Asia Pacific and Europe for UTi, and executive vice president group operations for Ceva.
Based in Singapore, Mr Blicher will …

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Obituary: Bill Robinson, co-founder of DHL

The reclusive southern gentleman who rose from obscurity to pioneer the international express industry
William (Bill) Armistead Robinson III: Born December 1, 1938. Passed away June 10, 2020.
Bill Robinson was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. Until the age of 31 he meandered through life – school, university, a two-year stint in the military as a courier for classified documents, before a move to San Francisco and a job, in 1969, as a …

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Panalpina CFO Robert Erni to take over from Burkhard Eling at Dachser

Robert Erni, former chief financial officer at Panlapina, is to take over the role at Dachser – a move the market has been waiting for.
Mr Erni, who spent more than seven years at Panalpina following 14 years at Kuehne & Nagel, is moving into the family-owned Dachser business, in what will be a very different environment to his previous jobs.
He succeeds Burkhard Eling, who becomes chief executive on 1 January. …

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Tomy Sofhian new managing director of Geodis Indonesia

Geodis has appointed of Tomy Sofhian (pictured above) as the new managing director of its Indonesia operation.
Rene Bach-Larsen, sub-regional managing director of the ASEAN region, said: “Tomy Sofhian joins Geodis with a wealth of experience in the supply chain industry and at a key time during our expansion of operations in Indonesia.
“We continue to support the healthcare and pharma industries with our bonded warehouse in Soewarna business Park, which enables us …

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