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ArticleExecutives on the move
As part of wide restructuring efforts at DHL Supply Chain (read more here), Paul Dyer, previously managing director of Automotive UK and head of Global Automotive, has taken on a new role as managing director, Automotive, Industrial, LLP (UKI). Dyer will continue to lead the automotive sectors across the ...
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Emergency logistics specialist Evolution Time Critical has appointed Jan Gerhard as business development manager for Germany targeting the automotive industry. “We are delighted that Jan Gerhard will be contributing to this exciting phase in our development,” said Brad Brennan, managing director Evolution Time Critical. “This is the fifth appointment we ...
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In Profile: David Panjwani at John Deere
David Panjwani is passionate about how logistics should be handled for high-and-heavy brands like John Deere.Unlike shipping consumer goods or raw materials, Panjwani refuses to see this sector as a commodity. Not only is the equipment and material specialised, but so too must be the providers.That’s one reason he has ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Timothy Nickel has left tier one supplier Visteon in the US to join packaging supply chain expert and container pooling solutions company Surgere as vice president of operations. Nickel has had a 15-year career in the packaging industry, starting as a packaging engineer at Ford in 1997, before moving to ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Carl-Johan Hagman has stepped down as CEO of Höegh Autoliners and been replaced by Ingmar Skiaker, previously chief operating officer. Hagman, who has left for personal reasons, is relocating to Sweden and will join the Stena Group but will also continue his association with Höegh Autolliners as a non-executive director. ...
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Harry Doms has left electric vehicle maker Tesla Motors where he was logistics director of EMEA and APAC to take up a new position outside the automotive industry. Roy Kimber, Tesla's senior logistics manager, has now taken over responsibility for Europe. Doms' departure follows the news earlier in the year ...
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ArticleIn Profile: Christine Kratwohl
Christine Krathwohl brings 18 years of logistics and purchasing experience to the top logistics position at GM. She spent eight-and-a-half years at Ford and Visteon before joining GM in 2002, where she has held numerous positions in North America, including as logistics business planning manager and director of inbound logistics, ...
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ArticleIn Profile: Evelyn Chiang, Tesla
Evelyn Chiang’s first taste of logistics was when she was 13, virtually penniless, and supporting her family. Today she is the vice president of supply chain and IT at EV-maker Tesla Motors.
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ArticleExecutives on the move
John Pasha has taken the position of senior vice president responsible for The Pasha Group’s Automotive Processing Division. Pasha, who is grandson of the company’s founder George W. Pasha Jr, will bring more than 15 years of experience across its divisions, including more than five years acting as vice ...
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ArticleSurprise departures as Fiat reorganises
The widespread organisational changes at Fiat that were announced at the end of July have now taken effect and not without some surprise departures from the supply chain and commercial departments, namely Paola Petrone (pictured left), who was senior vice president of Supply Chain Management, and Andrea Formica (pictured right), ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Sean Liang is the new director of Global Purchasing and Supply Chain for GM China replacing Michael Filazzola, who has moved to a new position as executive director of GPSC for GM Holden in Australia, the position previously occupied by Liang. Liang will be responsible for the Purchasing organisation’s business ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has announced two appointments to its global executive management team in the Americas. John Felitto has now taken on the role of president and CEO of WWL Vehicle Services Americas. Felitto, who joined the company more than 10 years ago, has been operating in this role as ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Greg May, president of US finished vehicle carrier, Jack Cooper Transport, is to leave the company at the end of August. He will remain involved with the company as a consultant and continues in his role as vice chairman of subsidiary Jack Cooper Logistics. May has not announced what his ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Following last month’s logistics management shakeup at General Motors it has been confirmed that Andreas Graffe will replace Jeff Morrison as director of logistics for Opel/Vauxhall in Europe. Graffe, who is currently purchasing director at Shanghai GM, will move over to the new role next month. Morrison moves back to ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced two appointments to its global executive management team. Christopher J. Connor has been named chief commercial officer for the company’s global organization and will assume the CCO role while continuing as deputy CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics AS. Connor will work closely with Oslo-based ...
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ArticleIndustry mourns passing of 'a true gentleman'
It was with great sadness that Automotive Logistics learned of the death last weekend of Heinrich-Wilhelm Averwerser, managing director at BLG Automobile Logistics. Mr Averwerser was 39 and passed away after a short but very serious illness. “We are missing a competent and engaged, as well as an always-reliable and ...
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ArticleGM shakes up logistics leadership
The beginning of June has seen some major shifts in logistics management at General Motors. Christine Krathwohl, who was until last week director of Global Purchasing and Corporate Administrative Services/Vehicle Sales, Service and Marketing (VSSM), has now replaced Dale Kitchen as executive director, Global Logistics & Containers. Krathwohl will report ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
As part of a wide-ranging shake up of management positions at Renault-Nissan, Christian Madrus has been appointed the new managing director at the Renault-Nissan Alliance, effective June 1st. Madrus, who has been managing director of Global Alliance Logistics since June 2009, replaces Mouna Sephehri, one of the founding members of ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has appointed Xavier Leroi as its new managing director in China. Leroi moves from his position as head of WWL South Africa and will now be based in Shanghai with responsibility for driving all growth in China.“The Chinese market has enormous potential, in terms of import ...
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ArticleExecutives on the move
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America (TEMA) has appointed Kazuhiro Miyauchi its executive vice president of purchasing, production control and logistics control. He moves from Toyota Motor Corporation’s purchasing project management and unit parts division but will retain his position there as managing officer in addition to his new ...