All People articles – Page 45
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FeatureRenschler to head commercial vehicle division at VW
Following the surprise news that Andreas Renschler has left Daimler, Volkswagen has announced that he will take up a position as board member with responsibility for the Commercial Vehicles division from February next year. He takes over from Lief Östling.Östling retires from the role next year but will continue to ...
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FeatureUlbrich is new VW board member for production and logistics
The Volkswagen Group has announced its appointment of Thomas Ulbrich, a veteran logistics executive, as board member responsible for production and logistics at Volkswagen Passenger Cars. He succeeds Dr Hubert Waltl, who will take up a post as board member for production at Audi. These changes will both come into ...
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FeatureTNT expands management team
As part of its reorganisation of domestic and international logistics management for later this year, TNT Express has announced a new top leadership team, which includes a number of former DHL executives. CEO Tex Gunning and CFO Bernard Bot will be joined by Marco van Kalleveen, who takes up the role ...
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FeatureHorizon International appoints Tony Leach as SCM manager
Horizon International Cargo, an independent freight forwarder and logistics provider, has announced the appointment of Tony Leach (left) as manager of supply chain development. Leach will work alongside clients in Horizon’s automotive and component manufacturing sectors. He joined Horizon in December 2012 and has since been delivering new logistics products ...
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FeatureCon-way Truckload appoints Joe Dagnese as president
Joseph Dagnese (right) is replacing Saul Gonzalez as president of Con-way Truckload, the full truckload division of parent freight transport and logistics provider Con-way. Dagnese moves over from one of Con-way’s other divisions, Menlo Logistics, where he was most recently vice president – International. He will now be based in ...
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FeatureRiki Howard moves to Jack Cooper
Riki Howard has moved from his role as senior vice president of Land Based Operations for Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) to take up a new role as chief operating officer (COO) at the logistics division of North American vehicle carrier Jack Cooper Transport.Howard's responsibilities cover Jack Cooper's growing portfolio of ...
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FeatureDuaik moves from VW Brazil to outbound role in Germany
Wilson Duaik has moved from his role as head of Logistics Supply, Inbound Transport at Volkswagen’s division in Brazil to take up a new role in outbound logistics at Volkswagen Group based in Germany.Duaik has more than 10 years’ experience in all aspects of purchasing directly related to global and ...
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FeatureUniCar appoints Mark Morgan to newly created role
UniCar Group, which provides vehicle damage tracking and claims management services, has announced the appointment of Mark Morgan to the newly created position of director of business development.Reporting to UniCar’s managing director Eric Imiola, Morgan will work within the executive management team and alongside country managers across the various UniCar ...
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FeatureShulte-Hürmann moves to lead role in VW After Sales
Axel Schulte-Hürmann is settling in to his new role as head of After Sales at Volkswagen Passenger Cars. He succeeds Michael Horn who has been promoted to CEO of Volkswagen Group of America. Schulte-Hürmann, who holds an engineering degree, joined the Volkswagen Group in 1987. Following various responsible positions in ...
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FeatureRyder appoints Gary Allen to supply chain engineering role
Transport and supply chain management provider, Ryder System, has appointed Gary Allen as its vice president of Engineering. He will be responsible for overseeing the Supply Chain Engineering team and leading quality, programme management and engineering in support of the overall Supply Chain Solutions (SCS) organisation at Ryder.Allen will report ...
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FeatureScott Goodwin moves to VW of America
Scott Goodwin has left his role as director of Business Development and Operations at US haulier The Waggoners Trucking to take up a position as senior manager, Transportation at Volkswagen of America (VWoA).Goodwin was with The Waggoners Trucking for just over a year and a half and moved there from ...
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FeatureGefco moves Lorrain to head developments in new regional business
Pierre-Jean Lorrain has moved from his role as managing director of Gefco Italy to take up a newly created role at the transport and logistics provider as director of Central Europe, Balkans and the Middle East.The move comes as Gefco responds to economic and manufacturing developments in the region, not ...
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FeatureIAFF appoints Wendy Williamson new chief executive
The Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) has announced that Wendy Williamson will become its new chief executive. She will take over from Brian Spratt in July this year.Williamson has been a presence in the UK aftermarket sector, with particular emphasis on the commercial vehicle industry. She has worked at Unipart ...
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FeatureUnited Road appoints Anderson to new COO role
North American vehicle hauler, United Road Services, has appointed Mark Anderson as its chief operating officer (COO) with immediate effect.The COO role is newly-created at United Road and Anderson will be responsible for the company’s daily operations. It is now the second largest car-hauler in North America, following its takeover ...
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FeatureRenschler quits Mercedes-Benz; Shäfer to assume role
The sudden departure of Andreas Renschler, board member with responsibility for manufacturing and procurement at Mercedes-Benz (left), has led to some fast management reorganisation at the carmaker.Renschler left the company on Tuesday this week (30th) “of his own accord and by mutual consent” according to a statement from Daimler. He ...
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FeatureGM announces moves in executive aftersales
Steve Hill (left) is leaving his position at GM as vice president of Customer Care and Aftersales to take up a new role as vice president of US Sales and Service, where he will lead US Sales Operations, as well as GMC Sales and Service. He will also head Fleet ...
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FeatureDuclos replaces Davies as head of US vehicle logistics for Toyota
D’anne M. Duclos (pictured left) has replaced Nancy Davies as vice-president of Toyota Logistics Services (TLS), the outbound logistics and vehicle processing arm of Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS). Davies, who has held the role since 2008, has moved over to a position in sales and production planning at TMS ...
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FeaturePearlman takes over US rail for Toyota as Nelson retires
Missy Pearlman (pictured left) is now the national rail strategy and operations manager for Toyota Logistics Services, the outbound logistics and vehicle processing arm of Toyota Motor Sales USA (TMS) based in Torrance, California. Pearlman has replaced Michael Nelson, who retired last week following a 40-year career in automotive logistics, ...
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FeatureChesnokov leaves RTL for Kintetsu World Express
Denis Chesnokov has moved from his position as sales and marketing director at Russian Transport Lines (RTL) to take up a new role in Business Development at Japanese freight forwarder and logistics provider, Kintetsu World Express (KWE).Chesnokov had been at RTL, which provides extensive services for container and finished vehicle ...
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FeatureLindquist moves to materials logistics role at Chrysler
Thomas Lindquist has moved from his role as director of supply chain management at Chrysler’s Mopar division to take up a new position at the carmaker as director of Materials Logistics Management - Manufacturing.Lindquist joined Chrysler in 1995 as program manager, Facilities and Material Handling Engineering, and has held a ...