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David Macken is Young Irish Forwarder of the Year
[ January 29, 2025 // Chris Lewis ]David Macken of Hawthorn Logistics has been selected as Irish International Freight Association’s (IIFA) Young Irish Freight Forwarder of the Year for 2025.
Gaia Manconi of Arcese Cosulich Ireland and Vikram Nair of Rhenus Air and Ocean were runners-up.
Participants submitted a video entry outlining their career to date in the first round in November 2024 from which the three finalists were selected.
This is the second year of the competition, which showcases the work of rising stars in the industry and is also a selection process for Ireland’s Candidate for the annual FIATA Young Logistics Professional Award (YLP).
David can now begin expanding his research for his thesis and IIFA will formally nominate him as Ireland’s Candidate for the 2025 YLP competition.

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