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There’s nothing like a dame for Forth Green Freeport

Dame Susan Rice DBE has been appointed as chair of Forth Green Freeport, taking over from interim chair, Forth Ports group chief executive, Charles Hammond. She is the former chair and chief executive of Lloyds TSB Scotland, where she was the first female in Europe to lead a clearing bank, and managing director of Lloyds Banking Group Scotland. She was also the founding chair of the Scottish Fiscal Commission and ... [+]

Scala scales up with new director

Supply chain and logistics consultancy SCALA has appointed Scott Whiffin as an executive director. He has worked organisations including DHL, Galderma, Sika and Deloitteand was most recently chief operating officer at bathroom retailer HiB. In his new role he will be involved in strategic decision-making ... [+]

Menzies appoints Mid-East cargo chief

Menzies Aviation is to appoint Anood Al-Suwaidi as senior vice president of cargo for the MEAA region from 1 January 2024. She joins Menzies Aviation from Etihad Airways where she recently served as network safety and compliance manager for the cargo division. The company has also ... [+]

New chief for Lufthansa high-speed logistics

Bernhard zur Strassen is to be appointed managing director and chief executive of Lufthansa’s high-speed logistics arm, Time:matters. He will succeed Alexander Kohnen, who left the company in April 2023. Zur Strassen has extensive experience in international management of logistics service providers and shippers and ... [+]

Europa Invests in its people to tackle skills shortage

Europa Road, the road freight division of Europa Worldwide Group says it is refining its training, promoting from within and boosting the engagement and skillset of its team in order to deal with the challenge of obtaining expert staff. According to data analytics firm Raconteur, UK ... [+]

Akaltan to lead UPS from UK to India

UPS has appointed Ufku Akaltan as president of its business in the UK, Ireland, Nordics and India. He began his career at UPS in 2002 as an intern, and in his new role will lead UPS’ operations and growth strategies across the expanded district, deploying ... [+]

Qatar Airways chief steps down

Qatar Airways Group chief executive Akbar Al Baker stepped down on 5 November after 27 years of service at the carrier. He is succeeded by Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer. [+]

Readhead to develop healthcare for DSV

DSV has appointed Vanessa Readhead as business development director for its UK and Ireland Healthcare division. She brings over 20 years of public and private health sector experience, and was a senior responsible officer for innovation at the NHS. She has previously worked for Unipart, ... [+]

Eithad appoints man in the West

Etihad Cargo has promoted Soufyan Mouaniss to director west cargo commercial. He will lead all commercial activity for the carrier in the West region, including Europe and the Americas, based at head office in Abu Dhabi. Soufyan joined Etihad Cargo in 2019 as general manager ... [+]

New blood for FIATA

The FIATA international freight forwarders association confirmed Turgut Erkeskin from the Turkish UTIKAD association as its new president at its general meeting in Brussels on 6 October. Robert Keen, the former BIFA director general in the UK was also confirmed as FIATA’s secretary general. [+]

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