He will also join the executive board of the European arm, following 11 years with the company, most recently as commercial director transport, UK and Ireland. In his 22-year career, he has also worked for retailer Next, Christian Salvesen and Norbert Dentressangle, bought by XPO in 2015. Luis Gomez...

Mr Wegmann, who will report to CEO Rafael Ueltschi, has 30 years’ experience in the logistics industry on two continents. He worked initially in Switzerland, before moving to the US as an operator, operations manager, branch manager, country head of operations and regional VP, all in the past...

CDS will replace CHIEF in a phased transition, ending in April 2023. The training course will provide hands-on tuition, practical exercises and a technical resource, finishing with an assessment. “BIFA has taken the initiative in creating a relevant training course that will help our members under...

Fiata president Basil Pietersen said that, despite the challenges of the past year, the work submitted had been “exceptional”. “The quality of the dissertations and relevance of the topics addressed this year – covering areas such as bales of fabric, medical supplies, out-of-gauge plant and ...

Faced with Covid-related travel difficulties, they have re-scheduled the event for 22-25 March next year, more upheaval for the logistics events calendar. The September conference was to be the first of its kind: called 2 + 2, it was to involve two days of conference following by two days of an “i...

Mr Salazar joins ICAO from Colombia’s civil aviation authority, where he was secretary general for the past three and a half years. Former president of the Latin American Civil Aviation Commission, he has also advised the UAE’s CAA and has 26 years’ experience in civil aviation, public policy ...

Mr Tulsyan joined the company as treasurer in 2016 and has served in the additional role of deputy CFO since February 2021. He will replace David Wyshner, who is leaving the company on 2 September to join IBM spin-off Kyndryl, which designs, runs and manages the technology infrastructure for the wor...

Mr Henry joins the group from Europa Worldwide, where he was a general manager and led its national contact centre. Most recently, he developed the infrastructure to adapt to the outbreak of Covid-19. He also held senior management roles for over 10 years at RH Freight Group, now part of Kuehne + Na...

Mr Kirsis is currently senior VP, European chief legal officer, for XPO Logistics Europe. He will be responsible for GXO’s legal and compliance functions, including corporate governance, litigation and commercial matters. He joined XPO in 2016 as vice president, corporate and securities counsel, a...

The company, headquartered in Hong Kong, said this morning it aimed to more than double its revenues, to $3bn, by 2025 via organic growth and acquisitions. “With an active pipeline of acquisition candidates and well-developed M&A capabilities, EV Cargo plans to build on its strong geographic f...