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Hermes appoints tech chief

Hermes Logistics Technologies (HLT) has appointed Andrew Knott as chief technology officer. He brings more than 25 years of experience in tech and software development, mostly in travel and aviation, including building cloud-native SaaS platforms for private aviation, as well as complex, large-scale travel platforms. In his new role, he will lead HLT’s strategy to increase digitalisation in the air cargo industry through API integration. [+]

Oakland recruits ESG manager

Supply chain solutions provider Oakland International has appointed Doyin Adeleye as its new sustainability and ESG manager. He will work across the Oakland group of businesses help it attain its climate and ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) goals. Adeleye has worked for several public and private sector ... [+]

Transaid appoints head of fundraising

International development organisation Transaid has appointed Maddy Matheson as head of fundraising. She joined Transaid’s fundraising team in 2021, most recently serving as communications and corporate partnerships manager., taking over from Florence Bearman, who stood down at the end of 2023 to take on a ... [+]

Air Partner appoints courier chief

Broker Air Partner has appointed Oliver Giesen as global head of onboard courier (OBC). He will be based in his home country of Germany, which is a prominent manufacturing hub in Europe, ideally located for US- and Asia-bound delivery services. Reporting to vice president of global ... [+]

Jettainer appoints Europe chief

Dr Gert Pfeifer has been appointed general manager Europe at Unit Load Device (ULD) management company, Jettainer. Having previously appointed general managers for the Americas and for the Middle East and Africa, Jettainer says the latest appointment is part of its strategic reorganization to respond to ... [+]

Six join TIACA board

The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) has appointed six new members to its board of directors. They are: Jannie Davel, MSC Cargo; Martin Drew, Atlas Air; Diogo Elias, Avianca Cargo; Dirk Goovaerts, Swissport International; Boon Kiam Kuah, SATS; and Nichole Schulz, UPS. TIACA chair, Steven Polmans, said: ... [+]

TGP Bremen adds three

Trans Global Projects (TGP) has made three new key appointments to its team in Bremen, Germany. Morten Guba and Nicholas Schubert have been recruited as project managers, while Knuth Meinardus has joined as sales manager. Managing director for Germany, Andreas Menzel,  said: “We made a strategic ... [+]

Europa recruits and promotes

Europa Group’s Air and Sea forwarding arm has appointed Vicky Armitage as sea freight operations manager, for the UK & Ireland, based in Birmingham. At the same time, 18-year Europa veteran Kevin Perry has expanded his portfolio to become air freight operations manager for the UK ... [+]

Cargo-partner steps up Asian activity

Cargo-partner’s manager of business development, Georgia Gibson is to take on the role of trade lane manager UK – Asia, helping to enhance services between the UK and Asia and ensuring businesses have a direct contact.  Her appointment comes as the Austrian-owned forwarder continues to solutions ... [+]

Mark Hooper to run rail and boxes for Solent Stevedores

Cargo handler, Solent Stevedores has appointed Mark Hooper as director of rail and containers for the ports of Southampton and London Gateway. He was previously business development director for DP World and brings 35-year port experience including 15 years at Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) and ... [+]

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