People and skills – Page 40

  • Andy-Browning London Gateway
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    Browning replaces Ward at London Gateway port

    2015-07-09T15:51:28Z

    Andy Browning has been appointed as cargo supply chain manager at DP World London Gateway, the UK’s newest deep-sea container terminal. Browning has moved from his previous position as supply chain and logistics solutions development manager at global, specialist beverage logistics company, JF Hillebrand. “I am joining at a time ...

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    Griffiths replaces Barquin at Ceva’s Contract Logistics division in Iberia

    2015-07-07T10:12:45Z

    Philip Griffiths has taken over as business development director in the Contract Logistics division in Iberia at Ceva Logistics. He takes over from Izaskun Barquin who has moved to become director, Global Business Development for the consumer, retail and healthcare sectors.Griffiths joins Ceva from logistics provider Kuehne + Nagel where ...

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    Carlisle moves to CEO role at Paragon Automotive

    2015-07-07T09:00:40Z

    Paragon Automotive, which provides logistics services for new and used cars in the UK, has appointed Ian Carlisle as its new group CEO. He replaces Stephen Hucklesby who has moved to become chief operations officer (COO) for the group.Carlisle, who moves to Paragon from his role as non-executive chairman of ...

  • Fabio_Castello_Scania
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    Scania appoints Castello vice president of logistics in Latin America

    2015-07-01T10:11:17Z

    Fábio Castello has moved from his role as head of logistics at Scania’s Latin America division to take up a newly created role at the truck maker as vice president of logistics in the region.In his new position Castello adds responsibility for complete and semi-knockdown (CKD/SKD) kit operations to his ...

  • David Larson MetroGistics
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    David Larson moves to MetroGistics from Jack Cooper Holdings

    2015-06-25T15:28:09Z

    David Larson has moved from his role as vice-president of Europe and Asia at road hauler, Jack Cooper Holdings, to take up a new role as executive vice-president, business development/sales partner, at logistics provider, MetroGistics.In his new role, Larson will focus on growing the company’s business on multiple fronts and ...

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    Lawson moves to Cooper Standard from GM

    2015-06-17T16:27:44Z

    Nathan Lawson has moved from his role as purchasing commodity manager for finished vehicle logistics at General Motors to take up a new position at tier one supplier, Cooper Standard, as purchasing director for North America.Lawson, who is based in Michigan, had been with GM for more than 10 years ...

  • Mike Dickinson, Qoros Auto
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    Dickinson leaves Qoros for new role at the SMMT Industry Forum

    2015-06-17T13:56:20Z

    Mike Dickinson has resigned from his role as director of customer order management and logistics at Chinese carmaker Qoros and is returning to the UK to take up a new role as head of Automotive at the SMMT Industry Forum. The Industry Forum is a subsidiary company of the Society ...

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    Peter Maybury retires from Freightliner

    2015-06-15T10:16:25Z

    Peter Maybury, chairman of UK rail freight provider, Freightliner Group, has announced his retirement from the company.He joined Freightliner in 1997 shortly after its privatisation following a 23-year career with Ford and led the commercial development of the container division, becoming, commercial director for the Intermodal business.In 2005 Maybury moved ...

  • Pietro Gorlier, President and CEO of Mopar, is expanding the bra
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    Gorlier adds components role to responsibilities at FCA

    2015-06-09T18:08:51Z

    Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has appointed Pietro Gorlier (left) as its chief operation officer for Components, replacing Eugenio Razelli who has chosen to leave the company. Gorlier will take up the new responsibilities at the end of June this year while retaining his role as president and CEO of Mopar ...

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    Vorrath moves to new role at Johnson Controls

    2015-06-03T00:04:57Z

    Frank Vorrath has moved from his role as vice-president, global sector head for Automotive at DHL Global Forwarding to take up a new role at tier supplier Johnson Controls as vice-president of global supply chain. He is based in Burscheid, Germany."In his role, Frank will lead the development and implementation ...

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    Ovenden to replace Cannis as head of Ford Sollers

    2015-06-02T00:43:21Z

    Ted Cannis is moving from his role as president and CEO of Ford’s joint venture with Sollers in Russia to take up a new role as executive director, Investor Relations at Ford, based in Dearborn in the US. He will be replaced in Russia by Mark Ovenden (pictured), who is ...

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    Geert Bruyneel moves to Asia role at Volvo Cars

    2015-05-20T13:40:36Z

    Geert Bruyneel, who is currently vice president of supplier quality and logistics at Volvo Cars, is moving to a new role at the carmaker in August this year as vice president for purchasing and manufacturing in Asia.His role in Europe will be taken over by Anders Svensson, who has held ...

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    FCA appoints Luis Santamaria head of SCM in Latin America

    2015-05-13T11:42:49Z

    //Update// Included Mauricelio Faria's new positionIn one of a number of recent changes to its production and logistics management in Latin America, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has appointed Luis Santamaria (pictured) as its head of supply chain management in Latin America. He moves from his role as director of supply chain ...

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    Kaspers joins Ceva as COO, Global Air and Ocean Freight

    2015-05-11T16:22:04Z

    The beginning of May saw Helmut Kaspers join Ceva Logistics as its chief operation officer for Global Air and Ocean Freight. He joins Ceva from Kaspers Consulting + Investment, an international logistics consultancy established in 2013. He brings with him substantial experience from the logistics world having previously ...

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    Roger Crook resigns from DHL Global Forwarding

    2015-04-29T13:09:54Z

    Roger Crook has suddenly resigned from his role as CEO of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight. Crook, who was also a member of Deutsche Post DHL’s management board, is said to have stepped down with immediate effect from both roles for “personal reasons”.DHL confirmed the resignation with Automotive Logistics this week. ...

  • Rinalds_Plavnieks_Neil_Wheatley_Gefco
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    Gefco announces new business and executive moves

    2015-04-29T11:29:27Z

    Gefco has used this week’s Multimodal exhibition in Birmingham UK to make announcements about new business and managerial appointments.The transport and logistics provider has renewed its contract with global chassis maker BWI Group, which supplies brake and suspension systems for the transport market. Gefco’s UK division provides complete inbound European ...

  • MarcBrazeau_FCA
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    Brazeau takes up role as head of worldwide vehicle transportation at FCA

    2015-04-22T16:09:16Z

    Following the news that Steve Tripp has retired from his role as head of worldwide vehicle transportation at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) the company has confirmed that Marc Brazeau (left) has now stepped into the role.Brazeau moves to FCA from his role as director at cross industry business consultancy AlixPartners, ...

  • Bryan_Sitko_LeylandTrucks
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    Sitko moves from PACCAR’s parts business to MD role at Leyland

    2015-04-20T16:50:58Z

    Bryan Sitko has moved from his role as operations director for the Parts Europe division of truck group PACCAR to take up a new role as managing director of Leyland Trucks, one of the divisions of the group."This is a great opportunity and I am very much looking forward to ...

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    Chuck Kendig takes over vehicle logistics role at American Honda

    2015-04-08T16:14:20Z

    Following the news that Dennis Manns has moved to take up a new role at American Honda as vice-president of dealer development, it has been revealed that Chuck Kendig (pictured) has stepped into the vacant role and will now be assistant vice-president (AVP) of sales and production planning, logistics.According to ...

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    Willmann replaces Schulz as Ford Europe’s director of MP&L

    2015-04-07T15:26:06Z

    Dirk Willmann (pictured) has replaced Matthias Schulz as director of material, planning and logistics (MP&L) at Ford of Europe. As announced last month, Schulz has moved to a new role as director of North American MP&L operations replacing Pamela Stec, who has retired.Willmann was previously production and material planning manager ...