Mercier joins Groupe Pomona board 
The French food services provider and distributor Groupe Pomona has named Abel Mercier to its executive board as its new group director for logistics and procurement, effective today, 1 July 2025. Mercier has the head of procurement in the group’s cold chain division, Passion... more
Tote reshuffle in Alaska and Florida
The Tote Group, a US transport and logistics services provider, has reshaped its executive leadership team, with Alex Hofeling (pictured on the left), president of Tote Maritime Alaska, named as the new chief commercial officer. He’ll relocate to the group’s headquarters in... more
Medium-term executive planning at Dachser
Dachser has announced a leadership transition that’s due to take effect on 1 January 2026. Claus Wetzel (pictured left) will take over the division European logistics Germany from Andreas Fritsch, whilst Florian Zehetleitner (on the right) will succeed Wolfgang Reinel as head of... more
New CEO for Central European post office
Swiss Post has appointed Pascal Grieder as its new CEO, with effect from 1 November 2025. Grieder holds a PhD in engineering from ETH Zurich and previously held senior roles at Salt Mobile, McKinsey and 1&1 Telecommunications. From 2018 to 2023 he led Salt as CEO,... more
Truesdale now CEO at DX
DX has appointed Ian Truesdale as its new CEO, with effect from 1 July 2025, as it enters a new phase of accelerated growth backed by H.I.G. Capital. Truesdale has 40 years of logistics and supply chain experience and previously held senior roles at Unipart (where he last... more
To Paris with pride
The European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) will hold a major equality conference in Paris today and tomorrow, 27–28 June, standing against growing far-right attacks on LGBTQI+ rights. Entitled 'We Are All Equally Different', the event follows rising harassment against... more
BMW wins Austrian logistics award
The Austrian Logistics Award 2025 goes to BMW Motoren in Steyr. At this week's VNL Logistics Day in Linz, the company was honoured for its 'Logistik-Kompass' project, which integrates logistics for internal combustion and electric engines. The solution is based on lean,... more
Smilianets and Claussen honoured by Tiaca
Vitaly Smilianets (on the right), CEO of Awery, received the first-ever 'Inspirational Leader Award' at Tiaca’s executive summit 2025, which took place this week in Hong Kong. Th award recognises his leadership and advocacy for digital transformation in airfreight. In... more
Neovia appoints Retief as COO
Neovia Logistics has named Jacques Retief as its new chief operations officer (COO), tasking him with leading global operations and advancing the company’s customer satisfaction and continuous improvement strategies. Retief brings nearly two decades of 3PL experience from... more
Kunar CEO of DHL SC North America
DHL Supply Chain has appointed Mark Kunar as its new North America CEO, effective immediately. The long-serving executive, who previously held the roles of CFO and chief strategy officer, succeeds Patrick Kelleher, who has just been announced as GXO Logistics' new CEO. Kunar... more